Eric Metaxas blasts Hillary Clinton as an 'enemy of religious liberty in America'

Christian author Eric Metaxas has lambasted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for her claims on religious liberty and labeled her instead as an enemy of religious freedom in America.

The New York Times best-selling writer and speaker appeared Thursday on Fox News to cry foul on Clinton's op-ed for the Deseret News where she portrayed herself as a defender of religious freedom.

"I am stunned at the level of cynicism from Hillary Clinton to make a statement like that. It's ugly," said Metaxas. "To hear her talk about religious liberty. She is the enemy, if ever there was an enemy of religious liberty in America, it's Hillary Rodham Clinton and every American should be frightened to death on that issue."

The author of "If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty" said Clinton's policies, as with President Barack Obama, run counter to the ideals of religious liberty and accused her of making her "career goal really to work with progressives against those kind of people."

The former First Lady of the White House asserted in the article that she placed the liberty to worship as highly valuable and that she's been "fighting to defend religious freedom for years." The 68-year-old former Secretary of State also claimed that she championed the rights of religious minorities "from Coptic Christians in Egypt to Buddhists in Tibet" and even the "Chinese Christians facing persecution from their government."

Clinton's vice presidential running mate Tim Kaine, a Catholic Jesuit, pointed at her Methodist faith as the foundation of everything she does. He linked Clinton's choice of working for Marian Wright Edelman at the Children's Defense Fund as a law student to her desire for defending the young ones.

The senator from Virginia also traced Clintons' immigration policies to that Chicago meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the young Clinton, who travelled with her youth pastor.

However, the pro-life presidential candidate came under fire when she previously said that religious beliefs need to be changed in order to accommodate abortion rights for women. A poll survey released last month also revealed that atheists, agnostics, and religious "nones" rally behind Clinton while evangelicals back her Republican rival Donald Trump.