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U.S. NEWS Thursday 27 February 2020

Barr, DeVos speak at religious broadcasters forum

By TRAVIS LOLLER courts' misinterpretation of stituency. "The tacit goal of
Associated Press the Constitution's Establish- this project is to convert all
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — ment Clause is helping drive of us into 25-year-olds living
U.S. Attorney General Wil- the erosion of religion "and in the government's base-
liam Barr warned a group its benevolent influence on ment, focusing our ener-
of Christian broadcasters our communal life." gies on obtaining a larger
on Wednesday that the "While most everyone allowance rather than get-
decline of religion in Amer- agrees that we must have ting a job, and moving out
ica is undermining liberal separation of church and and and taking responsibil-
democracy. In a speech state, this does not require ity for ourselves," Barr said
at the National Religious that we drive religion from to enthusiastic applause.
Broadcasters convention the public square and af- Barr said he's an optimist
in Tennessee, Barr said reli- firmatively use government who believes that "the
gion is necessary to provide power to promote a cul- nation's greatest days lie
citizens with a moral com- ture of disbelief," he said to ahead." He told the broad- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National
pass. Without religious mo- applause. Barr also assert- casters that their role is vi- Religious Broadcasters Convention Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020,
rality, tyranny is necessary ed that progressives want tally important in providing in Nashville, Tenn.
to control people, he said. to use public benefits to a diversity of voices in an Associated Press
Barr told an audience of create a permanent and ever-consolidating media "In this secular age it is espe- perspective is voiced," he
a few hundred that the dependent political con- environment. cially vital that our religious said.q