New House speaker built career as legal advocate for conservative religious values

He frequently refers to ‘so-called separation of church and state’

House Speaker has used Twitter (now X) to promote his views on the relationship between church and state.

The U.S. House today elected as its speaker one of the nation’s leading advocates for a politically and socially conservative view of the relationship between church and state.

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected speaker on a 220-209 vote, end…