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WV School District Temporarily Suspends Bible Indoctrination Classes for Kids
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/27/wv-school-district-temporarily-suspends-bible-indoctrination-classes-for-kids/
WV School District Temporarily Suspends Bible Indoctrination Classes for Kids
May 27, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
An elective Bible course offered in West Virginia’s Mercer County Schools has been suspended for a year while administrators decide whether it’s actually legal, the result of a lawsuit from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Some background on the issue: The Mercer County Schools have been offering “elective” Bible courses at the elementary and middle school levels for the past 75 years, but students who don’t participate in the courses are basically treated like pariahs and bullied by their peers.
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...Christians would be freaking out if the Qur’an were being taught in the same preachy way the Bible is right now in this District. They don’t need a year to figure out if a line was crossed. Just substitute another religion in the place of Christianity, and this would be obvious. Even if this year-long review is just a stalling tactic, I suspect they’ll realize how much trouble they’re in and find a way to quietly put an end to the classes.
