The ungodly motive behind Trump’s ‘school prayer’ pledge
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The ungodly motive behind Trump’s ‘school prayer’ pledge

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November 22, 2024

In addition to President-elect Donald Trump’s promise that he’ll be “closing up the Department of Education,” one of the more troubling planks of his education platform is his pledge to “support bringing back prayer to our schools.” How could he bring back something that never left? “As long as there are math tests, there will be prayer in schools,” said the late James Dunn of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty...

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