In the News: Greg Davis on Prayer and Patriotism in Our Schools

ALCAP President Greg Davis sat down with Lisa Crane of WVTM 13 (NBC affiliate) on Friday, Feb. 14th, to discuss religion and patriotism in our Alabama public schools. In the current legislative session, multiple bills have been filed that would require prayer, the pledge of allegiance, the 10 Commandments, and the national anthem to be a part of a student’s experience during school hours. During the segment, Davis’ stance was contrasted with a representative from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

For Greg Davis, these bills reflect a broader movement in the country to return to our bedrock principles and practices. For too long, many Americans were taught to think poorly of the United States as a nation and to disparage our history.

“There was maybe an effort for decades to sort of do away with a lot of that stuff and strip us of our identity or our known practices and make people feel guilty about doing those types of things or feel like they couldn’t,” Davis explained in the interview.

There has been a strong societal backlash to this sentiment, however. This is reflected at every level of government and also in popular culture. Americans want to return to their roots, recover a national identity they can be proud of, and pray in school.

“There is a renewed passion, I think, for people wanting to defend the values and the vision of our nation, to be a constitutional republic that’s based on Judeo-Christian ethics and values,” Davis shared.

For more of Greg’s thoughts on the interview, click here.