Barr: Education ‘inherently’ requires students to deal with religion

Published September 22, 2022 12:00am ET



Former Attorney General William Barr scoffed at the idea that education can avoid religion, saying the former “inherently” touches on the latter.

In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Barr said people “have to come to grips with and acknowledge that … the whole educational enterprise … inherently deals with concerns of religion” and that religion cannot be avoided.

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