{"id":25783,"date":"2025-05-23T16:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=25783"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:57:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:57:51","slug":"church-under-attack-how-democrats-just-declared-war-on-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/church-under-attack-how-democrats-just-declared-war-on-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Church under attack: How Democrats just declared war on Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Washington has declared war on the Catholic Church, and it could cost Americans their free exercise of\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/tag\/faith\">religion<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 all under the guise of \u201chelping children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington State Senate Bill 5375,\u00a0<a class=\"rm-stats-tracked\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/shows\/blaze-news-tonight\/new-washington-law-forces-priests-to-break-confession-seal-sparking-catholic-outrage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed earlier this month<\/a>\u00a0in that state\u2019s ongoing crusade against what it claims is \u201cabuse,\u201d would force Catholic priests who hear admissions of abuse within the context of the sacrament of confession to break the seal of the sacrament and report those admissions to the state, even though all other recognized privileges \u2014 like those between doctor and patient and lawyer and client \u2014 are preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/align\/church-under-attack-how-democrats-just-declared-war-on-christians\">theblaze.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Washington has declared war on the Catholic Church, and it could cost Americans their free exercise of\u00a0religion\u00a0\u2014 all under the guise of \u201chelping children.\u201d Washington State Senate Bill 5375,\u00a0passed earlier this month\u00a0in that state\u2019s ongoing crusade against what it claims is \u201cabuse,\u201d would force Catholic priests who hear admissions of abuse within &hellip; 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