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Tim Limkeman

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.
  • awaits passage by the Senate.
  • 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.
  • proposal was intended to clarify existing law, which had been inconsistently interpreted across the state to signal that Bible classes were prohibited.
  • Bible's significance in global history and Western values to justify teaching it in public schools.
  • "The Koran doesn't come up in the plays of Shakespeare,"
  • Missouri Representative Vic Allred added: "I think any Bible study at the high school level is a great idea."
  • Opponents of the proposal argued that the measure appeared to prioritize Christianity above all other religions.
  • 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."
  • Missouri is just one of several U.S. states where lawmakers have proposed to allow Bible courses in public schools.
  • "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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