Pres. Trump has issued new guidance asserting a First Amendment right of students to pray in public schools.
in early January, Trump hinted that the action would be made official today -- Jan. 16.
File photo of President Donald Trump thanking fourth-graders Janayah Chatelier and Landon Fritz for their homemade greeting cards during his visit to St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Fla. on March 3, 2017. With the president, from back left to right, are: Sen. Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, and John Kirtley, a tax-credit scholarship proponent.
"President Trump is committed to making sure that people of faith, particularly children, are not subjected to illegal punishment or pressure for exercising their constitutionally protected rights," Grogan, the White House director of the Domestic Policy Council, said in a call to reporters.
"Any guidelines this administration produces will likely either be littered with twisted interpretations of the law or, even if they are accurate, Trump will start boasting that he 'brought prayer back to schools' or some such nonsense," Boston wrote in aHe added,"If [the] Trump administration offers misleading advice on religion and public schools, we’ll be there to set the record straight and ensure our public schools remain inclusive and welcoming for all students,...
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