Trump says Education Department to issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools
The initiative calls for Americans to pray weekly to uphold religious liberty and faith as foundational to the nation, with new guidance to protect student prayer in public schools.
- President Donald Trump announced new guidance from the Department of Education to protect the right to prayer in public schools during a speech at the Museum of the Bible.
- Trump highlighted a student's case where a principal prohibited prayer and emphasized her courageous stance.
- Trump criticized comments made by Senator Tim Kaine about rights and encouraged Americans to pray for their nation through the new 'America Prays' initiative.
- Education Department Press Secretary Savannah Newhouse stated that the free exercise of religion is a founding principle and a constitutionally protected right afforded to all citizens of the nation.
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Trump says guidelines are coming for allowing and protecting prayer in school for students
Washington, D.C. — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the Department of Education will soon issue updated guidance on students’ rights to pray in public schools. Speaking at the Museum of the Bible before a meeting of the Justice Department's Religious Liberty Commission, Trump said the guidance will focus on protecting students' ability to pray in school settings. Specifics of the guidance were not provided, according to CBS News. The…
Trump Will Promote School Prayer Through New Department Of Education Guidelines
Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe United States of America was very clearly and purposefully founded without ties to any specific church or religion — and the separation of church and state was promoted by the founding fathers very vocally and very often. But now one of the central pillars of the founding of our country is under attack by President Donald Trump and his administration — and he said so clearly on Monday at the Museum of the Bibl…
Trump Announces New Guidance Protecting the Right to Prayer in Schools - The Pennsylvania Daily Star
President Donald Trump announced that the Department of Education will issue new guidance protecting the right to prayer in public schools. “To have a great nation, you have to have religion,” Trump said at the second meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible Monday morning. The post Trump Announces New Guidance Protecting the Right to Prayer in Schools appeared first on The Pennsylvania Daily Star.
President Trump: No More Student Indoctrination and Antireligious Propaganda
With members of his Religious Liberty Commission sitting to his right and left, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that new guidelines would be forthcoming to protect a student’s right to pray in school. “Our nation was founded on the recognition that moral virtue and a steadfast faith in God are necessary preconditions of freedom,” said President Trump. He then lamented previous administration’s efforts to both belittle and weaponize go…
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