OneNewsNow Reports — A major victory has been won for those who want elective Bible courses taught in Texas public schools.
The Texas Attorney General’s office said the guidelines for new elective Bible courses are constitutional. A state law passed last year allows school districts to offer high school courses on the Old and New Testaments and their impact on culture and society.
Jonathan Saenz with the Plano-based Free Market Foundation says similar courses have been approved in public school systems nationwide. “There are enemies of religious freedom all across our state of Texas and across the country, and they’ll do anything and stop at nothing to restrict academic freedom and restrict the religious rights of students,” Saenz contends. “They simply do not want kids, even on their own choice, to be able to look at the Bible.” The State Board of Education is discussing this week how to develop the proposed new courses.
Saenz says the AG’s decision falls in line with previous judicial rulings. “The U.S. Supreme Court has said for years that to be able to have a Bible course being exposed, and kids learning about history and literature through the Bible is something that’s absolutely constitutional,” he adds.
The AG’s office did warn school districts to make sure the classes do not violate the First Amendment.
Hoooraaaay for Texas!!! God Bless America! Thank God for this remnant and “equal time”!!!… May it spread nationwide as well as worldwide.
Histories of all other cultures and religions are introduced and taught in our USA “Christian Nation’s” schools. Why not the history from the “greatest” Book in the world be taught in the land on which its contents were originally based?
When you are “FIRST”, this means that you have “SENIORITY”! Others, who come into a place or situation “AFTER” the “FIRST” ones have already come, settled, and gotten established, should not have the right to take over and enforce or force their thoughts and beliefs on the seniority people in an effort to change the seniors’ own beliefs, morals, principles, etc. If anything, the secondary group should be “asking permission” if they could be “allowed” to introduce or practice any of their new-coming distortions into or onto the already-established society.
It is said that the USA offends other religions… Did they ever stop to think that theirs (which was “NOT” senior) might tend to offend God and us here in our USA? God please help us by way of your Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name…Amen, … Maggie
History is the integral part of studies and every child should have knowledge about its traditional values and cultures.