(Credit: Getty/Olivier Douliery) President Donald Trump followed in the footsteps of past presidents and declared January 16 as Religious Freedom Day, sending out an official proclamation noting how intrinsic religious liberty is to the American fabric, citing passage of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786. But while President Barack Obama, for example, spoke of an increasing tied hate crimes inspired by religious bias in 2017, Trump used his 2019 statement to tout an early executive order of his, highlight his administration’s commitment to fighting the Islamic state and again underscore his legal opposition to protections for LGBTQ Americans. “President Donald J.