Newt Gingrich: Kids should be required to study the ‘Creator’ in the Declaration of Independence

In another promise to social conservatives, Gingrich said every state Legislature should require that public school students be taught annually about the Declaration of Independence, particularly its 18th-century invocation of rights endowed by the “Creator.”

“I challenge the ACLU to explain why it is inappropriate to teach that our founding political document says that our rights come from our Creator, and that teachers ought to be able to explain what the word ‘Creator’ means as a matter of historic accuracy and understanding America,” Gingrich said.