But the executive order backfired, as the clergy did not want that type of "liberty" and what the most extreme-right conservatives wanted, but dudn't get, was to repeal Obama-era protections against discrimination for G.B.T.Q. people.
According to The New York Times, this is what the Evangelicals said:
“I don’t actually know anybody who has endorsed or who wants to endorse a politician from the pulpit,” said Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group representing about 40 denominations and 45,000 churches. “My idea is that church is about teaching the Bible, it’s about discipleship and evangelism. It’s not about politics.”
As per the ultra-conservatives:
“In failing to deliver for people of faith, President Trump risks alienating the single constituency most responsible for his election,” said Brian S. Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, a group that has fought to stop same-sex marriage. “Quite strangely, he is rewarding L.G.B.T. extremists who strongly opposed his election.”
Interestingly, the American Civil Liberties Union was going to sue Trump over this executive order, but they back off when they realized the order had no teeth and it was just a photo-op for Trump:
Two groups that had threatened to sue the White House over the new order, the American Civil Liberties Union and Public Citizen, backed off after seeing the text. Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., called the signing of the order “an elaborate photo-op with no discernible policy outcome.”
So this time Trump's bullshit went against what the church wanted.
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