Mother Jones magazine: on Education


Betsy DeVos: Contributes to education to advance "God's Kingdom"

In a 2001 interview for The Gathering, a group focused on advancing Christian faith through philanthropy, DeVos offered a glimpse of their views. Asked whether Christian schools should continue to rely on giving--rather than pushing for taxpayer money through vouchers--Betsy DeVos replied, "There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education.Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God's kingdom."
Source: Mother Jones, "God's Kingdom", on Trump Cabinet Apr 1, 2017

Tommy Tuberville: When we took away prayer in school we killed this country

"When we took away prayer in the schools in the 1960s," Tuberville said, "we killed this country. We got to get it back." He then segues into a false representation of Islamic schoolchildren: "There's a double standard. We can't pray in schools but we got a certain religion that's come into this country and they can pray five times a day in our schools.without repercussions. But if we say the Lord's Prayer you know we get suspended, our kids get sent home. That's wrong. That's going to change."
Source: Mother Jones magazine on 2020 Alabama Senate race Aug 7, 2019

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