Oklahoma superintendent vows to 'fight the radical myth of separation of church and state'

[useapen]

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters on Tuesday vowed to bring
Christian prayer back into his state's public schools and suggested that
the notion of church-state separation in the United States was a "myth."

Writing on Twitter, Walters linked to a story about a recent speech he
delivered to the "Pray, Vote, Stand" summit in Washington D.C. where he
called for bringing back prayer in schools and argued that "there is no
separation of church and state in the constitution or declaration of
independence, it doesn't exist."

Commenting on this speech, Walters wrote, "We will bring God and prayer
back in schools in Oklahoma, and fight back against the radical myth of
separation of church and state."

POLL: Should Trump be allowed to run for office?

In fact, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution explicitly
states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

In addition to this, American founding father Thomas Jefferson elaborated
on the First Amendment in a letter sent in 1802 in which he said that the
amendment's purpose was to build "a wall of separation between Church and
State."

Walters has long courted controversy with his ambitions to bring religion
back into American classrooms, and last year he vowed to force Oklahoma
teachers to undergo "patriotic education" that was based on "Judeo-
Christian values."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oklahoma-superintendent-vows-to-fight-
the-radical-myth-of-separation-of-church-and-state/ar-AA1hhUvD