Pastors gathered around Donald Trump on stage at the King Jesus International Ministry mega church in Miami
US President Donald Trump has claimed his Democratic opponents would tear down crosses and pledged to bring prayer to public schools at are-election rally to shore up evangelical support.
"We are defending religion itself, it's under siege," Mr Trump said. "A society without religion cannot prosper."But a crack in evangelical support opened up last month when the magazine Christianity Today wrote a scathing editorial on Mr Trump's "grossly immoral character." Pastors gathered around Mr Trump on the stage for an opening prayer, while much of the audience remained standing with their hands aloft.
"Very soon I'll be taking action to safeguard students and teachers' First Amendment rights to pray in our schools," Mr Trump said.This was his first campaign rally of the year and sets him up for what will be a tough fight against his Democratic challenger in November. Team Trump was taken by surprise when Christianity Today published its editorial before Christmas in favour of the president's removal from office, calling his behaviour "profoundly immoral."Franklin Graham - one of the sons of the celebrated late pastor Billy Graham, who popularised televangelism in the 1950s and founded Christianity Today - lent his support.
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