Jonathan Berry, the man who was the lead author of the Project 2025 chapter on labor, including Sunday law on page 589, has been nominated to head the labor department, exactly where he needs to be to promote the Sunday law (if you don’t know much about project 2025 and the Sunday law, go here: http://blog.truth-is-life.org/issues/sda-issues/sabbath-sunday/project-2025/). The Senate will decide to confirm or reject his nomination this week and many organizations are protesting and asking the Senate to reject Berry’s nomination because he has advocated policies that are threats to religious liberty, civil rights, worker’s rights, women’s rights and the checks and balances in government (see sample letter #3 below for documentation of some of the dangers of the policies he advocates).
The MOST urgent thing to do is to:
1) Choose one of the 3 sample letters below (a 4th is on the nobluelaws.com site) and revise or personalize it as you wish.
2) Send the letter to the senator of your state first, since they care most about people living in their state.
2 fast ways to email your home state senators quickly are:
https://www.emailcongress.com
Click on the contact your senator button and then “chat on facebook messenger” and follow the instructions.
http://nobluelaws.com
3) Send it to as many other senators as you can. Start with Tim Kaine, Bernie Sanders and Bill Cassidy and more influential members, but send it to as many others as you can.
Links to ~20 important Senators are at the end of this page, or you can find a list of all of them here:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
https://contactsenators.com/articles/senator-email-addresses/
4) Call the senator of your state and leave a message:
https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf
BACKGROUND
James Bowen has done extensive research on Project 2025 and the efforts to use govt to enforce a Sunday law by Jonathan Berry and also 100s of Christian national groups and has been warning people about this for years. I highly recommend listening to the ministry of James Bowen and his brother Alex Bowen. They have many lectures on Sunday law updates and one of the best collections of primary sources on what Catholics have done to persecute godly people):
https://www.facebook.com/JamesBowen3AM
https://heritageandhope.org/about
https://www.youtube.com/@Biblicalhope
Good ones to start with are:
SUNDAY Advocate nomination…..A call to action……..URGENT….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9cUwCEFzAc
Sunday Law Update: Forced Worship Begins; Christians Will Be Persecuted by Little Light Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5MXo8Si7ZY
Sunday Law Update, Jonathan Berry, Project 2025, Papal Power, and President Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS98B9GdmZ8
Berry advocates imposing Sunday rest laws with penalties for disobedience in Project 2025 (pg. 589),
something that has never happened at the federal level before and sets a very dangerous
precedent.
Project 2025 full book.
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Berry spoke about his agenda for the Sunday laws at this link, and what he
says, clearly shows that this law is based directly on religious doctrines and
so the government should have no part of it
What Do We Owe Workers? (ft. Jonathan Berry)
https://youtu.be/9CgJaW9XXto?si=KWv5r62eMR5lQiHf&t=2766
Starting at ~46:05 in the link above, Berry talks about the Sabbath rest
(which he means to be on Sunday for most) and at 48:07 he explains that this
came from Jewish and Christian religious tradition and says the first reason
for this Sabbath rest law is for people to have space to worship God and
secondly for time with families. What he says here shows that this law is a
clear religious belief, which the First Amendment says governments are not
supposed to support. At 49:00 he says this proposal is not a panacea indicating
future expansion and that this law could easily become more oppressive and
destructive, enforcing enforcing worship.
SAMPLE LETTERS
These are sample letters that you can send as is or you can modify them as God leads you.
1) This sample letter was written by James Bowen.
https://www.facebook.com/JamesBowen3AM/posts/pfbid0vsCw7AyrrcYjh8MqRAXscZhPukYDXtWDevVT5KjBLBeQCucrcVC26uwi2DuL1hVpl?cft[0]=AZXJjGJZkL0XnEpNrWck5CuauQdl6KcBQiSa4R043lP4Psdwrx3uIa_pYZYI8dQM51t-caPOYIPtvCClx50wF248VM7sDALoUmmc0WdwXuMtOSZM2u6-bq7oG0R0bUOf3KfYZVUN7hRjQ2PafPPkUbNkgVu2upE–1_DJ1RMS93iPBqsO7yBP2VcjvjJJdavo3k&tn=%2CO%2CP-R
2) SAMPLE LETTER #2 (by pastor David Bissell)
Subject: Opposition to Nomination of Mr. Jonathan Berry
Dear Senator [Last Name],
I write as a member of the Ooltewah Seventh-day Adventist Church, with membership of more than 700
members, to respectfully oppose the nomination of Mr. Jonathan Berry as Solicitor of Labor. His 2023
remarks on American Moments, describing proposed revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act as “not a
panacea,” raise concerns about potential expansions of federally mandated rest days—an issue of serious
constitutional and religious significance.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has consistently opposed Sunday legislation and any form of civil
enforcement of religious observance. While such measures have historical precedent, they violate liberty of
conscience and recall troubling examples from American history—such as the 1612 Virginia statute that
imposed the death penalty for repeated violations of Sunday rest. Though we are far removed from such
penalties, we must remain vigilant against government-imposed worship under the guise of tradition or
labor reform.
As Scripture teaches, the Sabbath is an act of worship belonging solely to God. Christ affirmed this
principle in Mark 12:17: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are
God’s.” Efforts to legislate a universal day of rest blur the line between church and state, undermining
religious freedom and setting dangerous precedent. Reformers throughout history—including Thomas
Tillam, George Carlowe, and Peter Chamberlain—recognized enforced Sunday observance as part of a
prophetic crisis described in Revelation 13–14.
Furthermore, while some argue that Sunday laws align with constitutional principles, we must remember
that flawed traditions—such as legalized slavery—were once upheld as lawful. Just as we corrected that
injustice through the Thirteenth Amendment, we must resist any attempt to legislate worship in a way that
negates the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty.
I urge you to carefully weigh the broader implications of this nomination. Our republic thrives when it
protects freedom of conscience and maintains a strict separation between church and state. Do we really
want to revive policies that once punished individuals for choosing to worship on a different day?
Thank you for your time and thoughtful consideration. May God grant you wisdom as you work to uphold
the liberties upon which our nation was founded.
Respectfully,
Dr. David Bissell
Ooltewah Seventh-day Adventist Church
[Your Contact Information
Sample Letter #3) This letter was written by Bryan Bissell and include some Bible principles about the proper relation of church and state, the Protestant foundation that govts. must not coerce worship/The First Amendment, how Berry is a threat to religious liberty, civil rights, worker’s rights, women’s equality, checks and balances and a little on why the biblical Sabbath is important.
[Your Name]
[Your Address]
[City, State ZIP Code]
[Email Address]
[Date]
Subject: Oppose the Confirmation of Jonathan Berry as Solicitor of Labor
Dear Honorable Senator [Last Name],
I am a Christian who cares deeply about liberty and justice and I am writing to urge you to oppose the confirmation of Jonathan Berry as Solicitor of Labor. While we respect his public service and legal experience and pray for him as we do for you and many government officials (1 Tim. 2:1-2), Mr. Berry’s record and policy proposals, particularly as the lead author of the labor chapter in Project 2025, poses a serious threat to the rights and freedoms of Americans, especially in the area of religious liberty, civil rights, worker’s rights, women’s equality, weakening the checks and balances of democracy and more.
His agenda concerns many and below is direct evidence from Berry, people who have documented his harmful plans as well evidence that his views are against the Bible and liberty so that you can share them in hearings and hopefully thwart his nomination since his plans would certainly be harmful to many people.
Many experts and a wide range of organizations including The Interfaith Alliance, The Seventh Day Adventist church, Christians against Nationalism, National Women’s Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Partnership for Women & Families, the AFL-CIO, CWA, IFPTE and over a dozen major labor unions, AFSCME (largest public workers union), and others oppose him for this job.
The National Partnership for Women and Families for example says:
“Berry was the lead author of the labor chapter in Project 2025, a plan that proposes dismantling over 50 years of civil rights and gender equity protections.”
https://nationalpartnership.org/10-reasons-jonathan-berrys-nomination-threat-to-women/
Two of his most dangerous proposals are the elimination of anti-discrimination enforcement for federal contractors and the support for Sunday rest laws that appear to be a direct violation of the First Amendment forbidding government favoring any religion. But there are quite a few others.
1) Religious Liberty dangers:
Our American founders were so concerned about religious liberty that they put protections banning the government from favoring any religions in the very
First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Berry advocates imposing Sunday rest laws with penalties for disobedience in Project 2025 (pg. 589),
something that has never happened at the federal level before and sets a very dangerous precedent.
Project 2025 full book.
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Berry spoke about his agenda for the Sunday laws at this link, and what he says, clearly shows that this law is based directly on religious doctrines and
so the government should have no part of this.
What Do We Owe Workers? (ft. Jonathan Berry)
https://youtu.be/9CgJaW9XXto?si=KWv5r62eMR5lQiHf&t=2766
Starting at ~46:05 in the link above, Berry talks about the Sabbath rest (which he means to be on Sunday for most) and at 48:07 he explains that this
came from Jewish and Christian religious tradition and says the first reason for this Sabbath rest law is for people to have space to worship God and
secondly for time with families. What he says here shows that this law is a clear religious belief, which the First Amendment says governments are not
supposed to support. At 49:00 he says this proposal is not a panacea indicating future expansion and that this law could easily become more oppressive and
destructive, enforcing enforcing worship.
History shows that there are grave dangers to liberty and lives when government gets involved in legislating religious practices, an area that should be wholly between a person, their conscience and their God. It has often led to persecution, torture and death for those who follow the Bible when religious and political leaders don’t. Due to this, many Christian and religious groups from the interfaith Alliance to Seventh Day Adventists to Christian Against Nationalism and others are raising serious alarms about this because this imposes religious observance through government policy, a direct violation of the First Amendment. And when governments get involved in enforcing worship and religious doctrines, that has left a very dark legacy of the destruction of freedom and of lives throughout the history of humanity. So I and many I know oppose Mr. Berry’s nomination or that of anyone like him.
Melissa Reid, Associate Director, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Seventh Day Adventist church says:
“Project 2025’s ‘Sabbath Rest’ proposal raises a host of issues for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the most glaring being that it raises serious Establishment Clause concerns. The bottom line is that Congress shouldn’t be in the business of legislating to encourage religious observance.”
https://atoday.org/adventist-denomination-voices-concerns-over-project-2025/
Many Protestant reformers were very strong in affirming that governments must not punish people for differing in their religious beliefs and this heavily influenced early Americans like Roger Williams, Ann Hutchinson and America’s founders to set up the principle in the First Ammendment which we all know well, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
The Seventh Day Adventist church follows this godly heritage and “strongly believes in religious freedom for all people. A person’s conscience, not government, should dictate his or her choice to worship—or not.”
https://www.adventist.org/religious-liberty/
Many Christian organizations like the Family Research Council and presidents too say that government must not interfere with the personal right to worship God according to our conscience and this includes worship on the day we believe is right. In 1998, President Bill Clinton affirmed explained, “The right to worship according to one’s own conscience is essential to our dignity as human beings.”1 President George W. Bush said in 2008 that “The freedom to worship according to one’s conscience is one of our nation’s most cherished values.”2 In 2012, President Barack Obama declared that religious liberty was a “universal human right,”3 and in 2019, President Donald Trump said, “The right to religious freedom is innate to the dignity of every human person and is foundational to the pursuit of truth.”4
https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF19J02.pdf https://www.frc.org/brochure/biblical-principles-for-religious-liberty
Biblically, the church and state fill different roles, with the church aiming to bring people’s hearts to know and follow God, equip and empower believers to do good, share truth and love the suffering , etc. (Matt. 28:19-20, James 1:27, Eph 2:10, 4:11–13, 1 Tim. 3:15, See: https://gc.adventist.org/documents/church-state-relations/, while the government is responsible to ensure justice, protect the poor from abuse, punish crime, etc. (Ex. 23:6 Ps. 72:1-4, 12-14, 82:3-4, Prov. 29:4, Romans 13:4, 1 Peter 2:13–14).
Government power should never be used to coerce worship since throughout the Bible religious leaders inside and outside of Israel often misused government to kill the prophets and people of God (Daniel 3, Matthew 23:29–36, Luke 13:34, Matthew 23) and all throughout history it was used to persecute/kill godly people. The Bible predicts that corrupt religion and state power will cause the persecution of godly people before Jesus’ comes as well (Luke 21:12, Rev. 13:5-10, 14:12, 17:5-6), but godly people must not support this.
Sunday rest laws also undermine the biblical Seventh day Sabbath (Saturday) which was given as a blessing for mankind (Mark 2:27) to remember their Creator (Gen. 2:2,3, Exodus 20:8-11) as well as a sign that God sets us free (Deut. 5:15), a symbol that God cares about justice (Isaiah 58) and many other benefits. Sabbath bears God’s own name, authority, and seal and is the only commandment that gives us a powerful identity as children of the Creator, created as masterpieces to do good things for all (Eph. 2:10). Sabbath is intrinsically the highest act of worship, a sign that we belong to God (Ez. 20:12) and so for a government to make a Sunday law severs the connection between Sabbath and creation and is also a very direct violation of the First Amendment ban on government favoring a religion.
Unfortunately, as many Christians have abandoned keeping the Seventh Day Sabbath which points to creation, there has been a dramatic rise in Darwinism. Several research studies reveal false claims of abiogenesis and Darwinism have become the #1 leading cause of people losing faith and Darwinism also severely undermines justice and equality. We also know that when many people lose faith in God, no society has stayed safe, just or free (see summary and references here: https://www.creationcall.org/why)
2) HARM TO WORKER’S RIGHTS:
Berry’s policies aim at dismantling critical workplace protections such as the federal minimum wage, overtime pay, and anti-discrimination enforcement for federal contractors.
“we write in strong opposition to the confirmation of Jonathan Berry to be Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor (DOL)…implementing his recommendations for the DOL would harm workers throughout the United States by undermining key civil rights and worker protections, resulting in less accountability for discrimination at work, greater economic uncertainty, increased workplace hazards, and limited job opportunities for women, workers of color, LGBTQI+ workers, workers with disabilities, and many other workers throughout the country.”
—National Women’s Law Center Action Fund, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and National Partnership for Women & Families
https://civilrights.org/resource/civil-rights-groups-oppose-jonathan-berrys-nomination-to-be-solicitor-of-labor/#
https://nwlc.org/resource/civil-rights-organizations-oppose-confirmation-of-jonathan-berry-to-be-solicitor-for-the-department-of-labor/
“AFSCME strongly opposes the nomination of Jonathan Berry to serve as Solicitor of Labor. The position… has a critical mission – to ensure that the nation’s labor laws are forcefully and fairly applied to protect the nation’s workers.”
—American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
“Berry was the lead author of the labor chapter in Project 2025, a plan that proposes dismantling over 50 years of civil rights and gender equity protections… Project 2025 recommended rescinding Executive Order 11246, a decades-old bipartisan order that…led to millions in recovered wages for workers and helped ensure equal pay for women working on federal contracts. [Berry] calls for gutting the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the agency that enforces anti-discrimination laws for federal contractors. …Berry has disparaged the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau…As indicated in Project 2025, the Women’s Bureau was one of the department’s first three agencies targeted for staff firings. Berry opposes stronger overtime protections.”
https://nationalpartnership.org/10-reasons-jonathan-berrys-nomination-threat-to-women/
3) HARM TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS:
His proposals would disproportionately harm women, workers of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with disabilities—many of whom are already overrepresented in low-wage and vulnerable jobs. He has also advocated for eliminating the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which plays a vital role in ensuring equal opportunity in employment.
“Berry has disparaged the Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau…As indicated in Project 2025, the Women’s Bureau was one of the department’s first three agencies targeted for staff firings. Berry opposes stronger overtime protections.”
https://nationalpartnership.org/10-reasons-jonathan-berrys-nomination-threat-to-women/
4) HARM TO CIVIL RIGHTS:
Berry has demonstrated strong opposition to many civil rights protections and many Christians are opposed to this.
Amanda Tyler – Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and leader of Christians Against Christian Nationalism says:
“We’re disgusted to see our faith being used to justify discriminatory policies of all kinds.” Tyler leads a coalition of over 40,000 Christians across denominations who oppose Project 2025 and Christian nationalism, arguing it “corrupts democracy and Christianity alike”
https://forward.com/news/697054/christians-against-christian-nationalism-project-2025/
A couple of the appalling ideas that Berry has are:
“In one of President Trump’s first actions,[7] he implemented Berry’s recommendation to rescind a decades-old Executive Order (“EO 11246”)[8] that protected workers hired by federal contractors—approximately 20 percent of our workforce—from discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and national origin.[9] EO 11246 stood for the basic principle that a business receiving taxpayer money should not be permitted to use those funds to discriminate.”
https://civilrights.org/resource/civil-rights-groups-oppose-jonathan-berrys-nomination-to-be-solicitor-of-labor/
“Berry’s extremist views would undercut legal protections by rolling back decades of labor and civil rights and replacing them with policies rooted in racist and sexist beliefs that center corporate profit over worker well-being.”
—The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Women’s Law Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and others
Berry also critiques the disparate impact doctrine, which the Supreme Court established more than 50 years ago
civilrights.org/resource/civil-rights-groups-oppose-jonathan-berrys-nomination-to-be-solicitor-of-labor/
5) HARM TO DEMOCRACY:
Berry’s proposals would centralize executive power by weakening independent enforcement agencies like the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), allowing political appointees to override judicial precedent and reduce accountability. Berry’s approach reflects a broader effort to centralize executive power and weaken the checks and balances that protect our democracy.
“The Project 2025 agenda offers sweeping policy proposals that would dramatically overhaul how our federal government, including departments, agencies, sub-agencies, and personnel, would function…Most of Project 2025’s proposals can be achieved through executive authority alone, without Congress.”
Project 2025: What It Means for Women, Families, and Gender Justice
https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Project-2025-Full-Report.pdf
As you can see, confirming Jonathan Berry would endanger liberty in many areas and in fundamental ways that have seldom if ever been seen before in American history. I respectfully urge you to reject his nomination and stand up for the rights of all working people.
Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]
[Your City, State]
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