Another Tennessee school district (Wilson County) may get Bible classes in public schools.

The Bible curriculum being proposed was originally developed by the National Council on the Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.

Phil Valentine covered this on his show yesterday and added some additional thoughts.

I think this is a good thing. Given churches started many of America’s schools, I see no problem with a school district wanting to teach the Bible. They also used to be able to start the day with a prayer. And the founding fathers didn’t have a problem with Christian schools doing that in the past. We need to bring that back too. How come today’s Civil Libertarians that claim to embrace the US Constitution never mention that states used to have the freedom to do much more with faith than they do now? States had the liberty to actually endorse or reject a faith. It was the Federal government that was prohibited from doing such, not the states. But then again states used to be able to stop people from killing babies in the womb, but that’s another issue for another post.

Hear Phil Valentine using the audio link below.
Phil Valentine on the Bible and the Wilson County, TN proposal - ASF Audio
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