I think it is impossible to teach a constitutionally defensible Bible class to 7 year olds. And anytime the Bible course is described as "history," the game is over. What a waste of money for this School District to have to pay the plaintiffs' attorneys fees, even if Liberty Institute is representing the School Board for free. On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 11:27 PM Laycock, H Douglas (hdl5c) < hd...@virginia.edu> wrote:
> One *could* teach a constitutional Bible course in public schools. The > odds that they are teaching it that way in Princeton, WV seem vanishingly > small. And the story's quotations from the curriculum seem to eliminate > that slim possibility. > > > > Of course there is no constituency for teaching the Bible in the agnostic > way that would be constitutional. The political demand is to teach it as > Sunday School. > > > Douglas Laycock > Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law > University of Virginia > 580 Massie Road > Charlottesville, VA 22903 > 434-243-8546 > ------------------------------ > *From:* religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [ > religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Marty Lederman [ > martin.leder...@law.georgetown.edu] > > *Sent:* Sunday, April 23, 2017 9:49 PM > *To:* Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > *Subject:* Bible classes in elementary schools > Any possibility this > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/a-popular-public-school-bible-class-in-west-virginia-faces-legal-challenge/2017/04/23/14c50460-2144-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html> > is constitutional? > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile F. Elwood & Eleanor Davis Professor of Law George Washington University
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