Senate panel endorses Bible classes for public schools

[TexasTowelie]

The Senate’s Education and Health Committee advanced legislation Thursday that would allow public high schools to offer an elective Bible study course.

The legislation is part of a nationwide push in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia, according to USA Today.

“It teaches a lot about all other religions. It teaches a lot about where people stand on the Christian faith. And it’s one of the fastest growing faiths in the country,” said the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Bill Carrico, R-Grayson. “And if we’re going to be a country that reaches out to other communities then this is much needed.”

As first presented, the Virginia version of the bill would have mandated all public schools offer the course, but Carrico amended the legislation to make it optional at the discretion of local school boards.

Read more: https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/senate-panel-endorses-bible-classes-for-public-schools/

[underpants]

1. Um. When are they going to teach it?

They have SOL's (no really that's the acronym for our tests) and MAPP tests and, you know, real classes.

[FBaggins]

4. When they teach their other electives presumably

Virginia high school students usually have 1-2 elective courses each year (woodworking, dance, auto mechanics, etc.).

As long as it isn't a required course and the state doesn't dictate a curriculum from a specific denomination... who cares?

[exboyfil]

9. In a lot of places it is in lieu of

social studies (economics or government) or literature. Economics and Government should be mandatory classes. It seems too specialized to be a useful literature class.

[samnsara]

2. FFRF needs to be involved....

[HopeAgain]

3. Nothing like regress instead of progress

Welcome to the American south today.

[magicarpet]

5. Our brand of faux Jesus,... or we chop off your head.

Fascist Racist Judeo-Faux Christian Dominionist Theocracy at work interceding into your private lives and private affairs.

[AJT]

6. We had elective world religion classes in our public high school in

Edina MN as part of humanities credits. They were interesting, mainly focusing on history.

[Clash City Rocker]

7. It's weird...the people who trust government the least

Want to give it control over their religious beliefs. I’ve never understood that. When you have religion in government, you also have government in religion.

[dubyadiprecession]

8. Well, shove me into shallow water..

... or better yet, shove the young in before they get too deep.

[mickswalkabout41]

10. Let's offer some Koran classes tooo

Watch that back peddling