WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump announced the Department of Education will release new guidance to "protect the right to prayer" in America's schools, a move that has prompted questions about whether it will violate the separation of church and state.

"For most of our country's history, the Bible was found in every classroom in the nation, yet in many schools today, students are instead indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda and some are punished for their religious beliefs. Very, very strongly punished. It is ridiculous," President Trump said, referencing a student in Texas. The president made the announcement at the Museum of the Bible during the Religious Liberty Commission, highlighting the symbolic nature of the rollout. “To have a great nation, you have to have religion

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