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A new civics training program for public school teachers in Florida says it is a “[b]misconception[/b]” that “the founders desired strict separation of church and state,” the Washington Post reports.

The Constitution explicitly bars the government from “respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Scholars interpret the passage to require a separation of church and state.

In another example, the training states that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were against slavery, while [i]omitting the fact that each owned enslaved people.[/i]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has decried what he has branded "indoctrination” in public education.

DeSantis has instituted new civics curriculum since taking office, and this summer is offering optional “civics bootcamps” on how teachers can implement it. Teachers who participate get paid.

What he's saying: “[b]We’re unabashedly promoting civics and history that is accurate and that is not trying to push an ideological agenda,[/b]” DeSantis said at an event earlier this week.

Students in Florida are “learning the real history, you’re learning the real facts,” he added.
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Really · 80-89, M
Why do so many Americans consult a document mostly written almost 450 years ago, or ponder the imagined intentions of its centuries-dead authors, when faced with current problems requiring current solutions?

Constitutions are like principles. If they produce undesirable results it's time to change or, if necessary, ignore them.
VisionQuest · 51-55, M
@Really I completely agree, and for what it is worth, 250 years ago.
Really · 80-89, M
@VisionQuest I was going by the date 1787. but .. whatever :).

[i]The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788.[/i]