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Trump pledges to prevent ‘unacceptable’ repression of school prayer

President Donald Trump, surrounded by schoolchildren of a variety of faiths, has announced what he called “historic steps to protect the First Amendment right to pray in the public schools.”

Within hours of senators being sworn in for Trump’s pending impeachment trial, the president and nine federal agencies on January 16 made moves they said would support the rights of religious people, including students who report their freedom to pray has been violated.