Monday, July 21, 2014

UPDATE::Hobby Lobby's Green family postpones launch of public school Bible curriculum | Religion News Service

I first posted about the Green's desire to implement a four year public school Bible curriculum back in late April. Both the FFRF and the TFNEF (Texas Freedom Network Education Fund) have panned said curriculum.

Both FFRF and TFNEF comment that FFRF noted that the course material shows a clear Christian bias, treat the bible as historically accurate and true in all respects and make theological claims. Chancey noting that there is a clear sectarian view favored by fundamentalist Protestants.

So it comes as no surprise that Green et al "announced it was postponing the August introduction of the curriculum adopted by the Mustang, Okla., school district."
“We have operated on an aggressive timeline to deliver the curriculum for the upcoming school year,” wrote Jerry Pattengale, editor for the projected four-year high school syllabus, in a prepared statement. But “unforeseen delays” necessitated postponing the debut until January.

Pattengale, who has previously said he hoped to see the full curriculum introduced in thousands of schools by 2016, wrote: “We will continue to work with Mustang and other school districts that have shown interest” in the program.
Hobby Lobby's Green family postpones launch of public school Bible curriculum | Religion News Service

See also: 

The (First) 7 Problems with the Hobby Lobby Bible Curriculum

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