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Missouri House Passes Bill Allowing Public Schools to Teach Bible Courses - 2 views

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teach elective social studies courses on the Bible.
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awaits passage by the Senate.
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allow Missouri public schools to offer Bible classes to their students as an elective,
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It also requires state education officials to set clear guidelines and standards if they chose to offer classes on the Old and New Testament.
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proposal was intended to clarify existing law, which had been inconsistently interpreted across the state to signal that Bible classes were prohibited.
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Bible's significance in global history and Western values to justify teaching it in public schools.
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"The Koran doesn't come up in the plays of Shakespeare,"
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Missouri Representative Vic Allred added: "I think any Bible study at the high school level is a great idea."
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Opponents of the proposal argued that the measure appeared to prioritize Christianity above all other religions.
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Brian Kaylor, a Missouri Baptist Church pastor who strongly opposes the bill, said that the BIble "cannot be reduced" to a school elective course. "I oppose this legislation, not because I oppose the Bible," Kaylor said, according to the Post-Dispatch. "The Bible cannot be reduced to merely an elective high school class. The Bible is inherently religious, and we cannot pretend otherwise."
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Missouri is just one of several U.S. states where lawmakers have proposed to allow Bible courses in public schools.
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"Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!"
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