Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order eroding America’s public schools:
“Our public schools are the cornerstone of our communities and our democracy. These students are the future leaders of our country, and we must teach them the truth about America’s past, both good and bad.
“Trump’s executive order is an attack on our public schools and seeks to turn them into re-education camps for white Christian Nationalist disinformation. The order, including the attempt to reestablish the ineffective 1776 Commission, would advance narrow Christian Nationalist beliefs about gender and a white-washed American history. We know from last time that this Commission is bent on tearing down the separation of church and state instead of lifting it up as an American original, a founding principle of this nation.”
Americans United is a religious freedom advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, AU educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.
Liz Hayes
Associate Vice President of Communications
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