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“Academic, nonreligious Bible classes.”
If the aim here is to discount and ridicule the Bible, then I say go for it! Other than that, let them teach religion in the tax-free buildings it was meant to be taught in - CHURCH.
Tennessee Attorney General says Bible classes okay
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A state attorney general’s opinion approves of public schools offering classes on the Bible as long as the lessons don’t include endorsements of a particular religion.
The opinion released Tuesday also says a pending legislative bill that would allow the state to create a nonsectarian Bible elective curriculum is constitutional.
Four Tennessee counties currently offer such classes as a special course that counts as an elective. Such courses are designed to look at the Bible’s impact on literature, art and politics.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, says he requested the opinion in hopes of gaining support for the idea that academic, nonreligious Bible classes have a place in public classrooms.
Neither chamber has taken any action on the bill, which would have to be approved by the state board of education if it passed.
