January 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Americans must stand up now and defend their most basic freedoms, urged Pastor Brian Gibson, a popular evangelical preacher and advocate for First Amendment rights.
Gibson is the leader of Peaceably Gather, a Christian, pro-freedom network that helped organize the reopening of thousands of churches during scientifically discredited COVID-19 lockdowns last year.
“I believe that if the church gets pushed back and Americans don’t push back right now, we could lose all the freedoms we have here,” he said.
“The First Amendment threats under a Biden-Harris administration will be unparalleled,” Gibson warned. “Anything that’s holding to traditional Christian values, we start speaking out about it, they’re going to come after us, label it ‘hate speech’ and use that in a full-on war against the church.”
“I’ve been around the world, ministered to the underground church, I’ve been there when they’ve come in and started hauling people away,” Gibson related. “The only thing that separates us from them is the First Amendment. If the First falls, America falls.”
Joe Biden has made clear his intent to dismantle Trump administration religious freedom protections, promising to reinstate an Obama-era rule that requires Christian organizations, like the Little Sisters
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