Perkins Cheers Dismantling Of Education Department As New Opportunity To Inflict Jesus On Even More Students

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch:

The religious-right group Family Research Council promoted an excited letter to supporters Thursday saying that President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education could be a “game-changer” for FRC’s efforts to “bring faith and the Bible back to public schools.”

FRC President Tony Perkins’ letter showcases such a two-front strategy to push religious indoctrination into public schools and shift more students (and education dollars) into religious schools that are free from public oversight.

Perkins begins by criticizing Supreme Court rulings upholding church-state separation, and moves quickly to Christian nationalists’ favorite target: LGBTQ people: “With God, the Ten Commandments, and biblical truths out of the way, the Left had ample room to push their radical indoctrination plan onto our children.”

Perkins’ letter comes in the context of Christian nationalist activists urging state legislators to take advantage of right-wing Supreme Court rulings and go “on offense” to dismantle separation of church and state, particularly where schools are involved.

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The Family Research Council is cheering on Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, saying it could be a “game-changer” for their efforts to push religious indoctrination in public schools. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat…

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