Trump Steps Up for Faith in the Classroom
President Trump’s recent announcement that the U.S. Department of Education will issue new guidelines to protect prayer in public schools is not only welcome—it’s downright sensible. Speaking at the Museum of the Bible on September 8, 2025, Trump called out the “grave threats to religious liberty in American schools,” where students are “indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda” and sometimes even punished for praying. That, he rightly declared, is “ridiculous” (Politico, Catholic News Agency).
Separation of Church and State—Misunderstood
Let’s be clear: “separation of church and state” never meant banning prayer in schools. It meant the federal government should not impose a religion. Students, however, retain the right to voluntarily pray. The Supreme Court reaffirmed this in Kennedy v. Bremerton, ruling that personal religious observance—even a coach praying on the field—is protected by the First Amendment (Kennedy v. Bremerton).
Founders Built America on Faith
The Founding Fathers weren’t secularists. George Washington thanked “Divine Providence” as the nation’s guide. John Adams famously declared that “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.” These men didn’t see faith as optional—they saw it as foundational. Without virtue shaped by religion, liberty collapses.
What Trump’s Policy Really Means
This isn’t about government-mandated prayer. It’s about ensuring students may pray, read the Bible, or form prayer groups without harassment. The move builds on earlier efforts—like the 2003 Bush-era guidance—while boldly reaffirming faith’s place in public life (Politico, Education Week).
A Call for Common Sense
Voluntary prayer is not coercion—it’s freedom. As Ronald Reagan once suggested, even a moment of silence can nurture reflection without forcing a creed (Moment of Silence). When students pray by choice, they’re exercising liberty, not breaking it.
Conclusion: Prayer Belongs in America
Let’s say it plainly, with a wink: Restoring prayer in schools isn’t radical—it’s American. Our kids deserve the freedom to lift their voices to God, unashamed and unpunished. Faith is not a threat to the Republic; it’s its very heartbeat.
A government, a country, cannot stand without a solid moral foundation upon which its laws are built. When we remove the principles of Scripture and the Christian faith from beneath the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, we declare that our rights are created by men, by the government.
Who creates the laws has the power and authority to take them away. If we give that power to the so-called “elite” politicians in the federal government, we’re just a hop, skip, and a jump away from tyranny. Our rights come from our Creator and only He possesses the right to take them away.
God bless our children, our classrooms, and this renewed defense of liberty.
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