Poll of the Day > Can someone explain to me how this is legal?

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https://www.google.com/amp/www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/28/kentucky-governor-signs-bill-allowing-public-schools-to-teach-bible-courses/amp/

Wtf Kentucky. Why.
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There's no law against teaching Bible study. If there were, there would be no religious studies in college.
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Humanity class in high school we had to learn all the religions.

and in English we learn about Mythology.

and in Math we learn Pythagorean.
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oh in History class we had to learn about Protestantism.
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keyblader1985 posted...

There's no law against teaching Bible study. If there were, there would be no religious studies in college.

The difference is that you know what you're getting into when you pay for those courses in college.

Teaching bible study in public schools requires taxpayer funding. That money could go toward other courses and/or new equipment.

Do you know how many people would flip their shit in KY if Quran study was in public schools? There would be a total outrage.

Keep religion out of public schools. Separation of church and state.
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keyblader1985 posted...

There's no law against teaching Bible study. If there were, there would be no religious studies in college.

It depends on what's meant by "Bible study". There's a big difference between a matter of fact description of the Bible and its contents, and telling kids they need to accept Jesus. This is pretty much what the ACLU is saying.
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ernieforss posted...

oh in History class we had to learn about Protestantism.

A bit different. Learning about religions briefly in history is still history. Bible study is a lot different.
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There's a difference between allowing and forcing. Read your source:

The bill, which sailed through the House in a 80-14 vote, will not force schools to teach the Bible, but will give schools the option of providing a Bible literacy elective course for students to voluntarily take part in

The AP English class in my high school went over the King James version of the Bible I think and this is in Los Angeles, CA. I don't think anyone had an issue with it. Hell, I recall in middle school we learn about Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc. I wouldn't say our teachers were preaching to us the teachings but rather just exposing us to them.
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Raganork posted...

There's a difference between allowing and forcing. Read your source:

The bill, which sailed through the House in a 80-14 vote, will not force schools to teach the Bible, but will give schools the option of providing a Bible literacy elective course for students to voluntarily take part in

No, I'm reading it correctly. Electives still have to be paid for. Allowing one religion over another is a double standard. Offering all of them is expensive; defeats the purpose of private school to an extent. Best to just keep it out completely. Why should taxpayers have to suffer?
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Guys, history classes and Bible courses are different. I'm not saying not to learn about ANY religion-- a lot of it is relevant to history class, wars, etc.

Diving into Bible excerpts is not the same as learning about Christianity.
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RedPixel posted...

Allowing one religion over another is a double standard.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90356

Eighty-three percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. Most of the rest, 13 percent, have no religion. That leaves just 4 percent as adherents of all non-Christian religions combined — Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and a smattering of individual mentions.

Not so much a double standard when the most popular religion in the country is overwhelmingly Christianity. They could offer other religious study courses, but realistically, how many would take them? Also, taxpayers are already paying for plenty of asinine shit, and unless you live in Kentucky, you aren't paying towards this.

Kentucky is a commonwealth state, I bet that's why it happened there as opposed to another state.

Sure, that would allow them, but why would public schools want to? IT is like one of the few things distinguishing public and christian schools...
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The Bible and the King James translation in particular have had an enormous impact on Western Civilization and English literature/language. It totally deserves to have an elective course.
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