Vice President JD Vance, promoting his Catholic conversion book, criticized “In This House We Believe” inclusion signs during an interview with Michael Knowles—calling them “hideous” and “like such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed.” Online, the rema
JD Vance’s talk about his late-in-life conversion to Catholicism lasted just long enough to make room for something else—an angry detour at the home-decorating choices of strangers.
During an interview with conservative podcaster Michael Knowles, the vice president took aim at “In This House We Believe” signs that some Americans display on lawns or doorsteps to promote inclusivity, social justice, and equality. Vance made clear he doesn’t like them.
His critique began with a familiar complaint about religion being pushed out of its theological center. He argued that “how many of the rituals, institutions, and practices of Catholicism show up in the modern world completely divorced from the God part and the grace part of it.”
Then Vance turned directly to the signs. He said they are “hideous. ” adding that they are “like such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed. ” invoking the statement of faith first written in 325 A.D. that many Christians recite each Sunday. Vance continued with what he framed as a kind of startled recognition—saying that when people see the public profession of faith in that “cadence. ” it makes him think. “Oh my God. people still have this desire to profess — to do it very publicly. and even to do it in this kind of cadence that you see in the Nicene Creed.”.
He also complained that people post the signs “in this very politically motivated way.”
The remarks came as Vance, the second-highest official in a secular country, was promoting a religious narrative of his own—an apparent tension that did not go unnoticed.
In a clip circulated after the interview. Vance can be heard saying: “We’re past the point where most people hang those hideous yard signs that say. ‘in this house we believe blah. blah. blah. Love is love, whatever. No person is illegal.’ That sign is such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed.” The video was posted with the timestamp of June 30. 2026.
HuffPost reached out to the vice president for comment, but no one immediately responded.
Online, the pushback was swift. Social media users said they weren’t impressed at all.
One post criticized Vance’s remark about the signs. responding: “Yes. yes. what Jesus failed to appreciate is that the Poor ARE the problem!. Just a fundamental, dishonest statement by JD Vance that has nothing to do with the teachings of Christ. What he is espousing here is Christian Nationalism which has zero to do with Christ.” That message was also dated June 30. 2026.
Another user attacked Vance’s understanding of core Christian doctrine, writing: “Vance’s cluelessness on fulldisplay again. The Nicene Creed is the at the core of Christian belief. None of what Vance says here sounds very Christian at all.”
Some commenters also tied the criticism to recent religious conflict—reminding readers of Vance’s recent feud with Pope Leo XIV and urging the pontiff to “set the veep straight.”
The full interview is embedded, with the portion where Vance gripes about the signs beginning around the 21:05 mark.
For all the specificity of Vance’s theological framing—invoking the Nicene Creed first written in 325 A.D.—the immediate effect of his comments has been less about doctrine and more about culture. People who put “In This House We Believe” messages in their yards for inclusivity. social justice. and equality have now been met with the vice president’s strongest language. and the response suggests the dispute over what belongs in public expressions of faith is only getting louder.
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