President Joe Biden encounters censure from Donald Trump’s campaign and devout adherents for proclaiming March 31, coinciding with this year’s Easter Sunday, as Transgender Day of Visibility.

The Democratic leader issued the declaration on the preceding Friday, urging all citizens to unite in amplifying the existences and voices of transgender individuals across our Land and striving towards eradicating violence and bias grounded on gender identity.

However, in the year 2024, the March 31 designation coincides with Easter, a profoundly revered occasion in Christianity. Trump’s campaign castigated Biden, a Roman Catholic, for exhibiting insensitivity towards religion, while fellow Republicans added their reproach.

“We demand that Joe Biden’s foundering campaign and White House issue a contrition to the myriad of Catholics and Christians throughout America who perceive the forthcoming day as solely dedicated to the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” expressed Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary of the Trump campaign. She criticized what she characterized as the Biden administration’s “prolonged onslaught on the Christian faith.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, representing Louisiana, conveyed on social media that the Biden White House has forsaken the fundamental principle of Easter, deeming the decision flagrant and repulsive.

Biden devoutly participates in Mass and regards his Catholic upbringing as an integral facet of his ethics and identity. In 2021, he engaged with Pope Francis at the Vatican, subsequently informing journalists that the pontiff affirmed his adherence as a devout Catholic who should persist in receiving Communion.

Yet, Biden’s political stances on same-sex marriage and advocacy for women’s entitlement to abortion have positioned him in opposition to numerous conservative Christians.