Last year, as millions of Americans were preparing to celebrate the Resurrection, President Biden took the opportunity to add a new holy day to the national calendar.
March 31, 2024 — previously known as “Easter” — would now double as the “Transgender Day of Visibility,” Biden’s proclamation declared. (This was a separate event from the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which fell on November 20.) “Today, we send a message to all transgender Americans,” the president wrote. “You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You belong.”
One year later, as Christians gathered again to celebrate one of Christianity’s most holy holidays, a new president issued a very different proclamation.
“Duringthissacredweek,weacknowledgethatthegloryofEasterSundaycannotcomewithoutthesacrificeJesusChristmadeonthecross,”PresidentTrumpwrote.“InHisfinalhoursonEarth,Christwillinglyenduredexcruciatingpain,torture,andexecutiononthecrossoutofadeepandabidingloveforallHiscreation.ThroughHissuffering,wehaveredemption.ThroughHisdeath,weareforgivenofoursins.ThroughHisResurrection,wehavehopeofet
