Former President Donald Trump on Saturday supported displaying the Ten Commandments in all schools, days after a controversial new law requiring them to be posted in classrooms went into effect in Louisiana.
“Has anybody read ‘Thou shalt not steal?'” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told more than 1,000 mostly evangelical Christians at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C.
“This incredible story, has anybody read it? Unbelievable. I don’t want any of them to go up. It’s a crazy world,” Trump added, drawing loud applause.
A new law signed into law in Louisiana on Thursday requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms, including colleges and universities.
The American Civil Liberties Union argued that the law violates the principle of separation of church and state and threatened immediate legal action.
But on Friday, President Trump The truth of society Media network.
“I love the Ten Commandments in public schools, private schools and many other places. Read them. How can we as a nation get it wrong???” he wrote.
“This may actually be the first big step toward a religious revival that is sorely needed in our country,” Trump added.
At the event, Trump also said he felt Christianity was under threat in the United States, in an attempt to motivate the religious right to vote Republican in the November election.
He suggested that part of the reason was poor border policies implemented by Democrats.
“The reason why the radical left always targets religious people is simple,” he said.
“Because they know that our loyalty is not to them, our loyalty is to our country, our loyalty is to our Creator.”
