Trump Considering Creationist Jerry Falwell Jr. for Position in Department of Education
It’s been two weeks since Donald J. Trump was elected president, and his appointments and prospective picks for his administration thus far have been horrendous for church-state separation.
First, he appointed Steve Bannon, a racist misogynistic xenophobe who has a long history of insulting religious minorities, as his chief strategist. Then, he nominated U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to be attorney general – a man who thinks church-state separation is “a recent thing that is unhistorical and unconstitutional.”
Now, he’s reportedly considering Jerry Falwell Jr. to be a part of the Department of Education. (This is not straight out of a horror movie or a “Saturday Night Live” skit, by the way.)
Yes, creationist Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, the largest conservative evangelical school in the country, is being considered for an education position within the Trump administration despite his history of prioritizing his brand of fundamentalist Christian teachings over nearly everything.
“I let them know one of my passions is reforming higher education and education in general,” Falwell told the Richmond Times-Dispatch after a meeting with Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence took place in New York.
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