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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – Left-wing detractors of Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis are up in arms over new training materials for civics educators that contradict prevailing dogma on the American founding and Constitution, including how the nation’s Founding Fathers really viewed the relationship between religion and government.
Working with conservative Hillsdale College, a private school in Michigan that takes a more classic view of education, the DeSantis administration has developed training materials for public schools meant to counteract what the governor calls “woke” propaganda, and replace it with material that fosters understanding and appreciation for the foundations of America’s system of government.
Among the materials is a statement declaring it a “misconception” that the Founders “desired strict separation of church and state and the Founders only wanted to protect Freedom of worship,” when in reality they “expected religion to be promoted because they believed it was essential to civic virtue.”
The Washington Post’s Lori Rozsa wrote that
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