EDUCATION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [1-28-19] cheered on the controversial push to introduce Bible literacy classes to public schools…Trump’s tweet came half an hour after Fox News’ ‘Fox & Friends’ aired a segment on the subject, though his tweet is not quite accurate. A handful of states are making pushes to introduce elective courses in schools that lawmakers say would teach the Bible in terms of its historical context, and though none have passed, critics have pointed out that such bills could blur the constitutional line separating church and state. USA Today reported that ‘Bible literacy’ bills of some sort have been introduced in six state legislatures across the country that ‘would require or encourage public schools to offer elective classes on the Bible’s literary and historical significance.’ And one state, Kentucky, recently passed a law creating a framework for such classes.”
-Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump calls Bible literacy classes in schools ‘great’,” Politico, January 28, 2019 9:45 am