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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I don't think that's the kind of school prayer we're
talking about here. Fifty two is our time here in
Houston's Morning News. As they said, a few research poll
says about fifty two percent of us support not just
prayer in the schools, teacher led prayers in the schools,
teacher led Christian prayers in the classroom. That's very specific,
(00:20):
and I guess that never surprises me just a little bit.
But see if Anthony le Bruna is surprised. He's executive
director of the American Principals Project. It's one thing to
have a moment of prayer or to invite your students
to have a moment of silence and do with it
as they will as far as praying goes. But teacher
led prayer, that's kind of taking it to a different level. Well,
(00:42):
I would disagree.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I think that this is a standard that has been
put in our athletics in high school, middle school.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A lot of time, the coaches.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Leading these young men and women start and begin the
or an end their games in prayer, led by the
head coach, led by the assistant coach. I think this
is just an opportunity for people who are religious, who
are Christian to spread their word, just like.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
The left has done in the States in.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
New York, California by pushing this DEI woke and trans
ideology on kids. I think it's just leveling the playing
fielding giving that opportunity to teachers in the classroom to
teach their students about something that means near and dear
to their hearts, just like the left has done by
(01:36):
installing trans flags and other far LGBTQ stuff in the classroom.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
All right, so you're kind of looking at this as
a payback, if you will, for you know, for the
edge of the liberal education system that has forced all
sorts of programs on our kids. And I wouldn't argue
for half a second with you and that I think
you're absolutely right. I guess the question becomes, if we
expect these programs to be eliminated from our schools, if
that's what we ultimately want, is it is an education
(02:04):
system that is completely free of these types of programs,
then does that and can that coexist with the idea
of prayer in the classroom? In other words, if they
can't have their d I, is it still all right
for us to have prayer?
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I think for it's not. It's not getting back, it's not.
It's not. Uh, you know, an eye for an eye here.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Well, leveling the playing field, that's what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Well, what I'm saying is that you're giving the option back.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Right, So as California and New York and all in
the far West coast has what they've done is they
have forced prayer out of the classroom. They have forced uh,
the opportunity for God to be there in our classrooms.
And what we're doing is we're just making it optional.
So if you have a teacher in in in Texas
(02:52):
who wants to talk about God with their students and
wants to lead in prayer before lunch, they're more than
willing to do so. I mean you're seeing this with
govi or Abbott. Governor Abbott wants to have the Ten
Commandments in the classroom. You're seeing the Texas Senate push this.
But I think what it overall says is that the
American voter and the American citizens are coming back to
(03:14):
more traditional values because of the far left push over
the last twenty years and what they've done with LGBTQ,
and that you're seeing that Americans are swinging back towards
the right on these issues. That's why you're talking about
fifty two percent, You know, fifty percent when you don't
get specifically on a specific religion. So I think this
(03:39):
is just a trend of where the American voter wants
to be in the future, and I think lawmakers who
represent these citizens are following suit.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Okay, fair enough, sir, Thank you appreciate. Anthony le Bruna Executi,
director of the American Principles Project, five fifty six here
in Houston's Morning News
I don't think that's the kind of school prayer we're
talking about here. Fifty two is our time here in
Houston's Morning News. As they said, a few research poll
says about fifty two percent of us support not just
prayer in the schools, teacher led prayers in the schools,
teacher led Christian prayers in the classroom. That's very specific,
(00:20):
and I guess that never surprises me just a little bit.
But see if Anthony le Bruna is surprised. He's executive
director of the American Principals Project. It's one thing to
have a moment of prayer or to invite your students
to have a moment of silence and do with it
as they will as far as praying goes. But teacher
led prayer, that's kind of taking it to a different level. Well,
(00:42):
I would disagree.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I think that this is a standard that has been
put in our athletics in high school, middle school.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
A lot of time, the coaches.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Leading these young men and women start and begin the
or an end their games in prayer, led by the
head coach, led by the assistant coach. I think this
is just an opportunity for people who are religious, who
are Christian to spread their word, just like.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
The left has done in the States in.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
New York, California by pushing this DEI woke and trans
ideology on kids. I think it's just leveling the playing
fielding giving that opportunity to teachers in the classroom to
teach their students about something that means near and dear
to their hearts, just like the left has done by
(01:36):
installing trans flags and other far LGBTQ stuff in the classroom.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
All right, so you're kind of looking at this as
a payback, if you will, for you know, for the
edge of the liberal education system that has forced all
sorts of programs on our kids. And I wouldn't argue
for half a second with you and that I think
you're absolutely right. I guess the question becomes, if we
expect these programs to be eliminated from our schools, if
that's what we ultimately want, is it is an education
(02:04):
system that is completely free of these types of programs,
then does that and can that coexist with the idea
of prayer in the classroom? In other words, if they
can't have their d I, is it still all right
for us to have prayer?
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I think for it's not. It's not getting back, it's not.
It's not. Uh, you know, an eye for an eye here.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Well, leveling the playing field, that's what you're talking about.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Well, what I'm saying is that you're giving the option back.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Right, So as California and New York and all in
the far West coast has what they've done is they
have forced prayer out of the classroom. They have forced uh,
the opportunity for God to be there in our classrooms.
And what we're doing is we're just making it optional.
So if you have a teacher in in in Texas
(02:52):
who wants to talk about God with their students and
wants to lead in prayer before lunch, they're more than
willing to do so. I mean you're seeing this with
govi or Abbott. Governor Abbott wants to have the Ten
Commandments in the classroom. You're seeing the Texas Senate push this.
But I think what it overall says is that the
American voter and the American citizens are coming back to
(03:14):
more traditional values because of the far left push over
the last twenty years and what they've done with LGBTQ,
and that you're seeing that Americans are swinging back towards
the right on these issues. That's why you're talking about
fifty two percent, You know, fifty percent when you don't
get specifically on a specific religion. So I think this
(03:39):
is just a trend of where the American voter wants
to be in the future, and I think lawmakers who
represent these citizens are following suit.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Okay, fair enough, sir, Thank you appreciate. Anthony le Bruna Executi,
director of the American Principles Project, five fifty six here
in Houston's Morning News
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