I do an informal raise your hand sort of survey of those students in my con law class who had in-public-school instruction in Christianity in elementary school. It ranges from a low of 15% to around 50% each year. Once a student asked me if Catholicism counted as Christian. In that case it was indeed a public school, but only one teacher doing it.
Steve Sent from Steve's iPhone > On Apr 23, 2017, at 11:48 PM, Finkelman, Paul <paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu> > wrote: > > The community apparently raises $500,000 a year for the course – that should > cover attorney’s fees. Nice irony if the county and the donors help support > the Freedom From Religion Foundation. > > > ******************* > Paul Finkelman > John E. Murray Visiting Professor of Law > University of Pittsburgh School of Law > 3900 Forbes Avenue > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > paul.finkel...@albanylaw.edu > paul.finkel...@yahoo.com > paul.finkel...@pitt.edu > o) 412-648-2079 > c) 518-605-0296 > > > > > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu > [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Ira Lupu > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 11:36 PM > To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > Subject: Re: Bible classes in elementary schools > > 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 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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.
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