Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former presidential candidate Julian Castro and other prominent Democratic leaders are calling for a boycott of Goya Foods after its CEO appeared at the White House last week and said America is “blessed” to “have a leader like President Trump.”

Goya’s products are a staple in many Hispanic homes, although their popularity is broader than a single ethnicity.

Ocasio-Cortez promoted a boycott in multiple tweets and even posted a recipe for adobo.

Oh look, it’s the sound of me Googling “how to make your own Adobo” https://t.co/YOScAcyAnC

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 10, 2020

Castro, who served in the Obama administration, re-tweeted several tweets critical of Goya and wrote in his own tweet, “@GoyaFoods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations. Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products.”

.@GoyaFoods has been a staple of so many Latino households for generations.

Now their CEO, Bob Unanue, is praising a president who villainizes and maliciously attacks Latinos for political gain. Americans should think twice before buying their products. #Goyaway https://t.co/lZDQlK6TcU

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) July 9, 2020

Goya CEO Robert Unanue appeared in the White House…

The Satanic Temple is threatening to sue the state of Mississippi if the state chooses to include the national motto, “In God We Trust,” on the flag.

As Christian Headlines previously reported, Mississippi legislators voted to remove the Confederate symbol from the state flag in late June. A new flag will be redesigned to potentially include the phrase “In God We Trust” instead of the Confederate battle emblem.

The Satanic Temple, however, is expressing opposition to the court ruling because of its decision to include the faith-centric phrase, a letter sent to Attorney General Lynn Fitch by representative Marc Randazza of Randazza Legal Group says.

“We understand that your state is planning to take the very positive step of removing the Confederate battle flag from the Mississippi state flag,” Randazza wrote in the letter. “However, it is our understanding that the proposal calls for it to be replaced with “In God we Trust”, a proposal you seem to endorse.

“While the Satanic Temple supports the removal of the Confederate flag, removing one divisive symbol of exclusion only to replace it with a divisive phrase of exclusion does not eliminate exclusion, but rather moves it from one group to a collection of others,” Randazza wrote.

The letter went on to suggest that Mississippi “should include a reference to Satan” if the state “is going to use a…

In a recent episode of his podcast called Ask Pastor John, theologian and pastor John Piper challenged Christians not to amplify patriotism in their lives over their loyalty to Christ.

Piper, who is the founder of “Desiring God,” offered his take on patriotism after a listener named Matt asked him if there was room for patriotism in a Christian’s life.

“Obviously, as Christians, we are to live as strangers, exiles, aliens, and pilgrims on this earth. Is there an appropriate place in the Christian life to be patriotic? If so, what is it? And at what point does our patriotism go too far?” Matt asked Piper.

Piper responded saying, “yes, I think there is [room for patriotism] and I think it’s right, or at least it can be right and good.”

But, “it is true that we need to stress it at the beginning, maybe stress it at the end, we are pilgrims here, we are exiles, refugees, sojourners,” Piper said citing Peter from the Bible.

Then citing Paul, the Reformed pastor reminded believers that they are “citizens of heaven” who will spend eternity in a “created world — in fact, this created world, renewed and cleansed” in which Satan will no longer be a part of.

Piper then goes on to define patriotism as “a kind of love for the fatherland” or the love of one’s country, city, state, country or tribe. He adds that he believes that the Word of God affirms…

In a discussion over America’s founding fathers with fellow CNN host Chris Cuomo, Don Lemon stressed that all of humanity, including Jesus, was fallible.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, Lemon noted that a lot of what Americans learn about history is “propaganda” and needs to be revised, the Washington Examiner reports.

Lemon went on to address the criticisms that were being made over the removal of statutes, including from President Trump, his supporters and some “very well-meaning liberals.”

Lemon proposed that people should take the statute removals into consideration rather than operate out of “fear” that the rioters were taking it too far.

“Why not have the mindset of ‘Well, maybe we should be taking down some of these statues?'” Lemon asked.

The CNN anchor then told Cuomo that Americans were deifying the country’s founders instead of recognizing that no human being is perfect. To further his argument, Lemon used Jesus as his primary example as someone who “admittedly was not perfect.”

“Jesus Christ, if that’s who you believe in, Jesus Christ, admittedly was not perfect when he was here on this earth,” Lemon asserted. “So why are we deifying the founders of this country, many of whom owned slaves?”

Meanwhile, Cuomo, a professing Roman Catholic, stood silently without rebuttal.

The now-viral clip of Monday’s broadcast has been widely…

The U.S. Navy is allowing personnel to attend in-person indoor worship services after criticism from some Congress members.

According to The Christian Post, The clarification to the order comes after the First Liberty Institute voiced concern that a June 24 order would keep personnel from attending indoor worship services during the pandemic. The order, however, allowed other secular indoor activities.

First Liberty sent a letter on June 29, arguing that service members have a “right to freely exercise religious beliefs via in-person religious services.”

Two Republican Congress members, Doug Collins and Doug Lamborn, also sent a letter on July 1 to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, saying, “While we can all agree that the health and safety of our troops is critical during the ongoing public health crisis, singling out religious gatherings while allowing other activities and unrestricted social gatherings to take place is unlawful.”

This week, however, Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Greg Slavonic released a memo saying that in-person worship was allowed as long as social distancing measures were followed.

“[The order should not] be construed to restrict attendance at places of worship where attendees are able to appropriately apply COVID-19 transmission mitigation measures, specifically social distancing and use of face covering,” he wrote in the memo released…

Churchgoers in a new survey say they’re concerned for the eternal destiny of Christian leaders who walk away from the faith but also for the many people they may influence by their stance.

The LifeWay Research survey asked 1,002 American Protestant churchgoers how they would feel if a “person who is well-known for their work in Christian ministry announced they no longer believed in Christianity.” 

It’s not hypothetical. The lead singer of the well-known Christian band Hawk Nelson said this year he no longer believes in God. Last year, pastor and courtship author Joshua Harris said he no longer was a Christian.  

The survey found that 69 percent of churchgoers say they would hope the person will “someday come back to Christian faith” and 63 percent say they would be “sad they have abandoned their faith.” 

A full 44 percent of churchgoers would have “concern for their eternal destiny,” and 40 percent would have “concern that they may lead others astray.” 

Evangelicals are more likely than other churchgoers to say they hope the person comes back to  Christianity (75 percent), that they would be concerned for their eternal destiny (59 percent) and that they’re concerned they’d lead others from the faith (51 percent). 

“The predominant reaction among churchgoers when they see a leader walk away from their faith is to maintain hope for them while…

President Trump says in a new interview with the Washington Post that he’s not defending confederate memorials and that he supports “peaceful protests for racial injustice.”

He also rejected the charge he’s promoting hate: “The real hate is the hate from the other side on many of the things that we talk about.”

The interview, with columnist Marc A. Thiessen, took place in the Oval Office. Thiessen posted the first part from the interview Thursday.

Trump addressed media coverage of his Mount Rushmore speech, which several mainstream media outlets characterized as “dark.”

“It was the opposite of dark,” Trump said. “What’s dark is the other side. … They’re trying to take everything down.”

In the speech, Trump criticized the tearing down or removal of monuments of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and several abolitionists.

Asked if he also was defending confederate statues, Trump told The Post: “Oh, I’m not. But I am adamant about defending the past. It’s part of our history. They’re taking down everything. They’re taking down history, they’re taking down so much, Marc. They’re taking down everything and they call it ‘cancel culture.’ I don’t think it’s a beautiful term, but it’s actually very descriptive. … They want to cancel everything. They want to cancel the good and the bad.

“They…