President Donald Trump has praised state efforts to expand school prayer and warned against what he described as 'hard left' opposition.
Details of the announcement were not clear, but Trump previewed the idea during an address to evangelicals in Florida this month, praising state efforts to expand school prayer and warning against what he described as"hard left" opposition.
"I will be taking action to safeguard students' and teachers' First Amendment rights to pray in their schools," Trump said at the Evangelicals for Trump event in Miami."They want to take that right along with many other rights."in the 1960s. Students are permitted to pray alone or in groups in school as long as other students aren't compelled to take part.
Trump's remarks will come weeks after a faith-focused magazine, Christianity Today, founded by evangelical preacher Billy Graham posted an editorial calling for him to be removed from office. The president blasted the magazine as"far left" but the editorial nevertheless re-opened a debate about Trump's presidency among evangelicals.
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