WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has agreed to change the phrasing in citizenship study materials from “freedom of worship” to “freedom of religion,” a change that more accurately reflects Americans’ constitutional rights.
According to The Christian Post, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services notified Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford of the revisions to the materials March 28 after he requested the change in June 2015.
Lankford, co-chair of the Congressional Prayer Caucus and a former Baptist youth ministry leader, said, “The ‘freedom of religion’ language reflects our right to live a life of faith at all times, while the ‘freedom of worship’ reflects a right simply confined to a space and location.”
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