Anti-Religious Bigots: NBC Panics Over Religion In Public Schools

On Tuesday night’s NBC Nightly News, correspondent Antonia Hylton panicked over what she described as religion in the classroom in North Texas public schools. Despite the fact that separation of church and state was written into the constitution to prevent the state from establishing an official government religion, Hylton’s guests painted it as unconstitutional to have religion in schools at all. “Over the course of the last two years, school board candidates backed by conservative Christian activists in three local districts, Grapevine Colleyville, Southlake and Kelleher have passed sweeping policies restricting lessons on race, gender and sexuality, the bathroom use of trans students and removing hundreds of books,” Hylton panicked.

She then interviewed a high school student who was no doubt cherry picked to give NBC’s approved answer. “Students at all three districts told us they now worry the church is creeping into the state and their schools,” Hylton whined. “How have you seen religion influence your schools?,” she asked the student. To which she replied: “It's frustrating, strange, and hypocritical to see the "In God we trust" signs being put up everywhere, while at the same time books are being removed from our library shelves.” Hylton then huffed that “On the first day of the Texas legislative session, pastor and North Texas representative Nate Schatzline led a prayer in the Texas capitol.” The following back and forth only proved Hylton’s anti-religious bigotry.…

“That sentiment drove award winning history teacher Amanda Guthrie away from public education for good,” Hylton added. The activist teacher claimed she quit teaching because “It felt unsafe. The people that work in that district are hard-working, caring people, but even they have no control over what the school board does or says.” One less teacher poisoning the minds of our innocent children.

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