ms. markert. i find it very disingenuous of her to assert that all public education should be free of religious connotations. first of all, i live in florida. our governor, who is just an incredible leader and is going to be reelected and probably be our next president as well, has intervened to stop the secular humanists from indoctrinating children in the secular humanist pro-homosexual agenda. that is a religion. she has no objection to that whatsoever. it seems to me rather disingenuous for her to assert that a prayer offered by a high school coach is somehow threatening her freedoms or the freedoms of the students. host: thank you. go ahead. >> well, i do not know of any of these institutions that are teaching secular humanism. there are no atheist public schools or anything like that. a school that is neutral towards religion does not automatically equal being a school that is promoting atheism or secular humanism. schools that provide secular education are doing just that. host: from the ma

ms. markert.ind it very disingenuous of her to assert that all public education should be free of religious connotations. first of all, i live in florida. our governor, who is just an incredible leader and is going to be reelected and probably be our next president as well, has intervened to stop the secular humanists from indoctrinating children in the secular humanist pro-homosexual agenda. that is a religion. she has no objection to that whatsoever. it seems to me rather disingenuous for her to assert that a prayer offered by a high school coach is somehow threatening her freedoms or the freedoms of the students. host: thank you. go ahead. >> well, i do not know of any of these institutions that are teaching secular humanism. there are no atheist public schools or anything like that. a school that is neutral towards religion does not automatically equal being a school that is promoting atheism or secular humanism. schools that provide secular education are doing just that. host: from the majori

ms. markert, do you want to start? >> i am not familiar with the international exam for -- international exam that the caller brought up, or the example in texas. if he is still on the line -- host: he's not, i apologize. >> i'm sorry, i don't think i understood what the question was. >> i will do my best. i think you are talking about some of the legislative initiatives to ban what is called critical race theory from classrooms in various states. ultimately, i think we always have to keep in mind in these public education context that teachers capitol hill for a house immigration subcommittee. live coverage on c-span. >> dedicated toirculating moons or written materials that memrs may want to offer as part of the hearing. if members want submit materials, send th to the email address previously distributed to your offices and we will circulat the materials to membe and staff as quickly as we can. i ask all members to mute your microphones when you are not speaking to help prevent feedback and technical issues and ofou