India-born British-American novelist's book "Satanic Verses" was critically acclaimed but was deemed blasphemous by Iran's theocratic Shiite regime.
Legal heavy hitters urge Supreme Court to junk precedent that holds "misperceptions of observers looking to take offense can trump the rights of religious people and schools to fully participate in public life."
Parents say the prayer in the curriculum violates California constitution, which is stricter on separation of church, state than U.S. Constitution.
The event on Thursday will be moderated by Dr. Miriam Adelson, and will include prominent Jewish leaders. Trump's appearance is currently scheduled for 6 p.m. Eastern, at the Hyat Regency on Capitol Hill.
"Effective immediately, the Department of Transportation will no longer participate in celebrations based on immutable traits or any other identity-based observances," says U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
Some of the current division within the right-wing coalition is an extension of the decade-long establishment resistance to Trumpism, especially with respect to his embrace of a realist foreign policy.
Harris went viral last week over an incident in which she told Christians who shouted “Jesus is Lord!” that they were at the “wrong rally.” The anti-Christian narrative was underscored by Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer creating a video mocking the Catholic Eucharist.