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TexasTowelie

(116,747 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:22 AM Jun 2015

Idaho Republicans: Public schools should use the Bible as a science and law textbook

Republicans in Idaho are pushing a bill to make the Bible a reference book in public school classes teaching science and law, Patheos reports.

Members of the state’s Republican party have published a set of proposed resolutions following a central committee meeting this past weekend among Idaho GOP higher-ups. The policy initiatives the state’s conservative leadership dreamed up include “A Resolution Supporting Bible Use in Idaho Public Schools.”

Republican party chairperson for Idaho County, Marge Arnzen, submitted legislative language to infuse the state’s curriculum with biblical teachings. The proposal, partially captured in screen shots below, begins with a nod to the Christian supreme being:





Concluding that theocracy is the rightful law of the land, Arnzen’s bill would see the Bible stand on academic par with textbooks in the state’s biology and government classrooms.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/idaho-republicans-public-schools-should-use-the-bible-as-a-science-and-law-textbook/

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Idaho Republicans: Public schools should use the Bible as a science and law textbook (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2015 OP
"Ok, students, surprise-test!" DetlefK Jun 2015 #1
I like to call it Christia law hollysmom Jun 2015 #2
It's a Middle Eastern, foreign law safeinOhio Jun 2015 #3
ok, I didn't know that but I was trying to pun off on Sharia. hollysmom Jun 2015 #4
I knew that safeinOhio Jun 2015 #5
do you have it trademarked? j/k hollysmom Jun 2015 #6
I most likely stole it safeinOhio Jun 2015 #7

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)
1. "Ok, students, surprise-test!"
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 03:48 AM
Jun 2015

"It will cover math, engineering, physics, chemistry and biology. But don't worry, you are allowed to use the Bible as an aid."

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