by Jorge Gomez • 3 minutes
In a speech delivered at the Religious Liberty Commission hearing on Monday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will be taking several actions to protect prayer in America’s schools and religious expression more broadly.
“I am pleased to announce this morning that the Department of Education will soon issue new guidance protecting the right to protect prayer in our public schools,” the President said, to applause and cheers from those in attendance at the Museum of the Bible.
The President mentioned two First Liberty cases and clients as evidence of the “grave threats to religious liberty in American schools.”
“For most of our country’s history, the Bible was found in every classroom in the nation, yet in many schools today students are instead indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda, and some are punished for their religious beliefs,” Trump said. “It is ridiculous.”
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Trump invited U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner to speak. Turner announced the administration’s new “America Prays” initiative, which calls on Americans to dedicate time every week to pray for the country.
Turner offered a powerful prayer asking God for spiritual renewal for the nation, its leaders and all its citizens.
“As we celebrate 250 years of freedom, this is an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the principles that gave birth to this land of liberty,” reads the White House’s website. “This dedicated time of prayer is not only for our nation, but for its people because a nation is only as strong as its citizens.”
“What if believers all across this great nation got together with 10 people, friends, family members, colleagues, work associates, 10 people each week to pray for our country and for our fellow citizens?” Turner said.
“Think about the miracles that would take place over the next year,” he continued. “Think about the transformation that you and I could witness in communities all across the land: sons returning to their fathers, daughters returning to their mothers, families coming back together, health being restored, financial needs being met, mountains being moved.”
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi also spoke at the hearing, highlighting the actions taken by the Department of Justice to stop discrimination and attacks on religious Americans.
“Our Founders believed every individual has the right to worship freely without fear of their own government,” Bondi said.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we’ve dropped FACE Act cases against pro-life Christians, stopped the FBI from spying on Catholics, launched multiple investigations into anti-Semitism in schools and aggressively prosecuted vicious crimes against Jewish Americans,” Bondi added.
Under the previous administration, religious liberties were under attack. Thank you, @POTUS for your leadership and for the creation of this Religious Liberty Commission that will work to right the wrongs of the past four years. pic.twitter.com/gr5jIigBai
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) September 8, 2025
President Trump also announced he donated his family Bible, given to him by his mother, to be placed on display at the Museum. It was used during both of his inauguration ceremonies.
“When faith gets weaker, our country seems to get weaker,” the President emphasized. “To have a great nation, you have to have religion. I believe that so strongly.”
“As president, I will always defend our nation’s glorious heritage, and we will protect the Judeo-Christian principles of our founding, and we will protect them with vigor,” Trump said. “We have to bring back religion in America, bring it back stronger than ever before.”
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