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  • ‘That Is Not a Religion’: DeSantis Bars Satanists From Florida School Chaplaincy Program

    04/26/2024 2:04:38 PM PDT · by Twotone · 57 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | April 21, 2024 | S.A. McCarthy
    The Sunshine State is now welcoming chaplains into public schools, but Satanists need not apply. On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed a bill into law allowing chaplains to volunteer to offer counseling at public and charter schools. However, the Catholic governor warned that Satanists would not be accepted into the program, as some Christian and conservative groups had feared. “Now some have said if you do a school chaplain program that somehow you’re going to have Satanists running around in all our schools,” DeSantis said in a press conference. “We’re not playing those games in Florida. That...
  • Foundation says governor violated Constitution with prayers

    09/26/2019 10:29:41 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 15 replies
    AP ^ | 09/26/19 | Staff
    A national organization says South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is violating the Constitution by holding prayers before press conferences. News outlets report the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the governor’s office concerning two prayers earlier this month before press conferences regarding Hurricane Dorian. Foundation attorney Ryan Jayne says the practice violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits government from favoring one religion over others. A spokesperson for the governor, Brian Symmes, says as long as McMaster is governor and the state has to prepare for dangerous storms, there will be a chaplain saying prayers...