Criticism
Critics argue that the movement is a thinly veiled attempt to reduce the separation of church and state and an attempt to legally require conformity and obedience in society. Additionally, critics eye the foundation and funding of the program by various evangelical leaders including those in the Dominionist movement. Finally, the character traits emphasized by the program are criticized for over-emphasizing orderliness and obedience which critics find especially troubling when mixed with a political agenda with "template" legislation, some of which emphasizes enabling schools to purchase IACC character training materials. The program is described by some to be "purely motivational" and thus difficult to measure in its "intangible benefits".
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