Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.

I consider it my duty to acknowledge God. To take down the Ten Commandments and to stop holding prayer would be a violation of that duty. I will not take down the Ten Commandments and I will not stop holding prayer.

And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.

Without God there would be no freedom to believe what you want.

You wonder why we're having shootings and killings here in 2017? Because we've asked for it. We've taken prayer out of school.