Editorial: School chaplains law crosses a sacred line in Florida

As he signed the school chaplains bill— another one he should have vetoed — Gov. Ron DeSantis said something that underscored how totally wrong it is. “There are some students,” he said, who “need soul prep.” That's not a legitimate mission for Florida’s public schools, which at least have the authority to reject it, and should. It is a crass violation of the First Amendment’s separation of ...

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