Barr slams 'secular progressive orthodoxy' in public schools

Former Attorney General William Barr slammed social and educational trends within the nation’s public schools, questioning the prudence and even the constitutionality of funding them with public dollars.

Barr, in a Thursday speech accepting the Edwin Meese III Award from religious liberty advocacy firm the Alliance Defending Freedom, said people must reckon with the institutionalization of a “secular progressive orthodoxy” that is hostile to religion and harmful to children.