An Arizona bill to let chaplains in schools would ban atheists from participating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpc0XJ_AqE

Tucker Carlson decries 'weak men' unwilling to beat up school employees

Carlson boosted these alarming ideas in his Policy Fest speech on Monday, telling the crowd the recent shooting at a Trump rally proved there is a "spiritual battle" underway and claimed liberals are motivated by an "anti-human" force that seeks to "eliminate" Christians. Carlson later decried the abundance of "weak men" unwilling to commit violence against school employees. He falsely claimed schools are trying to "indoctrinate" kids and turn them into "circus freaks" before he fantasized about harming school employees. 

"In the country that I grew up in, the dad would just punch the counselor out. You know, 'Put me in jail, I don't care,'" Carlson said, before baselessly suggesting school counselors are engaging in "child molester stuff."…

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/tucker-carlson-rnc-heritage-foundation-rcna162393

Texas lawmaker: I want Christian chaplains in schools to "put God back in government"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bUAFMmqFDI

Rep. Talarico asks questions of Rep. Hefner on the conference committee ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEWPHVE6ww4

Texas approves bill to allow districts to replace counselors with chaplains - The Washington Post

Talarico also proposed requiring parental consent. Hefner and the majority rejected it. Another lawmaker proposed adding that chaplains must serve students of all faiths and not proselytize. Rejected. … 

On Tuesday, Hefner on the House floor responded to Talarico's complaint that people with no educational or professional requirements and training could be afforded access to students in public schools. 

"I trust our school districts to spell out any qualifications they would require," Hefner said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/24/chaplain-texas-commandments-christianity/

Texas bills on school chaplains, 10 Commandments merge church and state - The Washington Post

The bill, which is scheduled Tuesday for the House floor, is one of about a half-dozen religion bills approved this session by the Texas Senate, including one that would allow uncertified chaplains to replace trained, professional counselors in K-12 schools...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/05/23/texas-commandments-chaplains-christianity/

White Christian nationalism emerges from shadows of GOP politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvX_7mkF12M

Now the Far Right Is Going After School Counselors – Mother Jones

…These social media attacks came only a few weeks after Fox News' Tucker Carlson amplified another false narrative about school counselors. In a July 5 segment, he claimed that school shooters are "numbed by the endless psychotropic drugs that are handed out at every school in the country by crackpots posing as counselors." To be clear, there is no compelling evidence that antidepressants cause children to commit violent crimes. Furthermore, physicians, not school counselors, prescribe medications...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/now-the-far-right-is-going-after-school-counselors/