Donald Trump is promising “big action” to promote school prayer, highlighting the issue of religion in public schools for his evangelical base.
Trump’s base consists of a large chunk of white evangelicals who helped elect him in 2016
“We will not allow faithful Americans to be bullied by the hard left,” Trump said earlier this year at a rally in Florida, which consisted of a large number of evangelical supporters at a megachurch just after the new year. “Very soon, I’ll be taking action to safeguard students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to pray in our schools. We’re doing a big action, Attorney General Bill Barr.”that they risk losing federal funds if they violate their students’ right to religious expression.
or religious symbols. And since prayer is already allowed in schools , it’s not really clear what “big action” Trump can take in regard to the issue.that existing provisions to protect school prayer have “eroded over time” and that people are hostile about religion and religious institutions. According to a 2014 Gallup poll, Christian Republicans are far more likely to support school prayer than Democrats. Overall American support for daily prayer in public school classrooms dipped from 70% in favor back in 1999 to just 61% in 2014.
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