'Hot for the Lord': 4 times Chuck Norris publicly proclaimed his faith in Christ

3. Norris decried 'religious neutering'

In a series of op-eds published by Townhall in 2014, Norris decried what he referred to as “religious neutering” and then-President Barack Obama’s response to it. Norris used the term in response to a Maryland school district canceling all religious holidays from its school calendar.

Warning that the United States was on a “slippery slope” toward religious intolerance, Norris expressed disgust that “We haven’t even hit Thanksgiving yet, and already the war on Christmas is underway.” He took issue with Obama’s reaction to the erasure of “Christian and Jewish references” from “civic calendars,” asking, “Is he crying out in defense of religious liberty and our First Amendment?”

“Nope,” Norris wrote in response to his own question. “He’s as silent as a church mouse, just as he’s been for the past six years on any such matter. And animosity toward religion continues to grow.”

In a subsequent op-ed less than a week later, Norris addressed the religious significance of Thanksgiving and urged Obama to mention God.

“If Obama is looking for a Thanksgiving address this Thursday to model, then I recommend he look no further than presidents George Washington or Abraham Lincoln,” Norris wrote. “I dare him to cite them even in part.”

Norris’ op-ed also mentioned “the devoted Christian faith of the pilgrims and how they crossed the Atlantic clutching to their Geneva Bible,” fondly recalling Washington and Lincoln’s Thanksgiving speeches as reflective of “a time in the U.S. when people and even presidents weren’t afraid to stand for traditional values and encourage others to do the same.”