Do your local public schools have bible courses?

[pstokely]

Who teachers them, a teacher or do they invite some local preacher?

[ieoeja]

1. No. Nor do they have Lord Or The Rings classes.

In fact, I don't believe they have any classes that concentrate on a single novel.

[damntexdem]

6. Well, they should teach Lord of the Rings in literature classes.

And it's a trilogy, with an additional prequil, not a single novel.

[damntexdem]

2. We don't have publib schools in Texas, only pubcon schools.

Liberals have been replaced by conservatives all over the state.

;-)

There are repeated news stories about adoption of bible classes by Texas schools, and they generally adopt the conservative curricula.

[bainz]

10. Haven't seen that around here.

I have a 17 year old that has gone through the Texas school system and have not seen bible classes. Drugs? Yes. Bible classes? Not so much.

What part of Texas are you seeing this in?

[fascisthunter]

13. well drugs, bible... sort of the same thing

both fill your head with shit.

[notadmblnd]

3. no

They do let those gidions pass out new testaments outside of the school once a year though.

[pstokely]

8. I don't think they can do anything if they are on the public sidewalk

But if they are on school property, call the ACLU

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Absolutely not.

We have religious private schools here where the fundies can send their kids to be brainwashed, most notably Anchorage Christian Schools run by Falwell wannabee Jerry Prevo. Our public schools are alive and well...and totally secular. I'm quite happy with the education my girls got and my grandsons are currently receiving in the Anchorage public schools.

[mainstreetonce]

5. no way

I would not have believed that there could still be bible classes in public schools in recent years ,but I have heard some posters from the midwest talk about them. Apparently some schools have trailers where students go for bible classes on school time. I believe teachers lead the classes, not preachers.

[northoftheborder]

7. Yes & No

Several years ago, our worthy (not) legislature thought that was a grand idea to teach religion in the public schools. Bill passed, money appropriated, and a task force appointed to figure out what, who, how these classes would be taught. They spent about a year studying, researching, talking to people about the hows and whats. Last I heard, they could never decide upon who would be qualified to teach these courses, (theologians from religious schools?) what would be permissible to be taught that would be constitutional, and so forth. Answers to these questions were never really answered, and as far as I know, these classes are still just in theory only.

[notadmblnd]

9. in the meantime millions of $$$ wasted on consultants

money that could have gone to the schools for books, computers and supplies. I now, I know, the teachers are overpaid:sarcasm:

[AlabamaLibrul]

11. Yes. I do not know who teaches them, it is an elective, "Bible as Literature" but

everybody knows it's just a place for the evangelicals to get 90 minutes out of real classwork for more church.

[Maine_Nurse]

12. Kids here can leave school early to attend catholic training...

and are bused there from school, but it is not on school grounds. As far as I know, the catholics are the only ones that commonly hold these education classes, but any child of any religion would also be allowed to leave early to attend their respective training.

[bluestateguy]

14. No, but I've got to say

it would be funny if a public school did do this, and then the class was taught by a liberal public school teacher who is Unitarian or Episcopal. Drive the fundies wacko.

[pstokely]

15. The fundies see bible classes as a backdoor way into public schools

Then they'll complain if they aren't allowed to teach the class