Mothers fight to stop Bible class in public school

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resurrects a troubled history with religion

(RNS) A dark chapter in our public schools’ tumultuous history with religion is repeating itself in Mercer County, W.Va.

A mother, who is an atheist, is fighting to stop her school system’s weekly, overtly religious Christian Bible classes so her child, a kindergartner, will not be ostracized for opting out when she will be required to take them next year in first grade.


I hope she wins. Legally, the federal civil suit the mother and the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation recently filed against Mercer County schools is clear-cut. It is unconstitutional to preach the Bible to students in school. Not only are these classes unconstitutional, they’re counterfactual; the Bible in the Schools course includes a lesson on creationism asking students to imagine that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time, defying common sense and contradicting widely accepted scientific proof that this is untrue.

http://religionnews.com/2017/03/24/mothers-fight-to-stop-bible-class-in-public-school-resurrects-a-troubled-history-with-religion/

[RKP5637]

1. K&R!!! n/t

[CrispyQ]

2. I give quarterly donations to FFRF for exactly this purpose.

I hope she wins. If you want your kids to learn about the Bible, take them to church.

[colsohlibgal]

3. Good For Them

Religion has no place in public schools, no place at all. Children should not be led that way in school, enough inculcation is done in many homes.

[TlalocW]

4. I agree

But I don't see her kid NOT getting picked on if she succeeds. He automatically becomes the kid that took God out of the schools there.

TlalocW