The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing of HB 343, a bill that protects the right of parents to have their child briefly excused from school to receive religious instruction during the school day if they so choose:
“The government should not stop families from raising their children in their family’s faith. HB 343 respects parents’ educational decisions, allowing public school children to be briefly excused from school to receive free, off-campus religious instruction taught by private charitable organizations. As the U.S. Supreme Court explained, respecting parents’ decisions for their child to participate in released time programs ‘follows the best of our traditions.’ ADF commends Rep. Randyn Gregg, Sen. Sue Vinton, and Gov. Gianforte for making sure parents are in the driver’s seat when it comes to their kids’ education. We also thank the Montana Family Foundation for its important work on this effort.”
- Pronunciation guide: Chafuen (CHAFF’-wen)
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