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The current Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, says he's a Republican, but columnist James Nelson makes the point, Johnson is a Christian nationalist.
Rep. Jerry Obermueller, R-Casper, wants to form a legislative “committee on church and state relations” because he worries “Christian Nationalists” might hold “the U.S. Constitution [to be] a sacred text,
The new policy calls for volunteer chaplains to deliver invocations, over which the ACLU of Alaska sued the Assembly in 2016.
The new policy says only chaplains may give assembly invocations
There are many ways that Speaker Johnson stands out as an exceptional leader and Speaker, but his understanding of separation of church and state is not one of those.