'It's a scary day for our democracy,' said the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
“As a practical matter I think it’s unlikely that we’re going to see anything close to parity in representation in terms of which religion is represented by chaplains on a school campus,” the Democrat said on the Senate floor, according toRachel Laser is the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which also signed on to the civil liberties coalition’s letter. She placed the state of religious freedom in Texas"at Code Red.
Laser noted that while counselors in Texas must meet certain standards, including state certification, the law doesn’t mandate the same for chaplains. "The House was able to add bare-bones amendments to prohibit registered sex offenders from serving as school chaplains and to institute background checks," she said."But outside of that, there's just so little regulation."and gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The way she sees it, religious extremists and their lawmaker allies are making progress in imposing their own beliefs on everyone else.
An emboldened religious movement is trying to force a narrow form of Christianity into our public schools, she said. Some are attempting to turn religious freedom into a license to discriminate, she added.This year, Laser's organization has tracked more than 1,500 similar bills nationwide. She cited new laws in Kentucky and Idaho that couldin front of and with students.
"It's a scary day for our democracy,” Laser said, “and for everything that sits on the wall of separation between church and state.", it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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