Idaho Republican Party Considers Proposal Supporting “Bible Use” in Public Schools

So,,,

If I am reading Hemant correctly, this is what we got: "Militant control over life in Mosul extends to education, where schools have been shut down or replaced with IS-approved teachings aimed at indoctrinating students, sources in the city revealed to the BBC. Science subjects have been removed from the curriculum, one resident told Al Jazeera."

 

Wait, sorry, wrong article,,,

According to Mehta, Republicans in Idaho have published a set of proposed resolutions, one of which is entitled “A Resolution Supporting Bible Use in Idaho Public Schools.”  It is a resolution put forth by Republican party chairperson for Idaho County, Marge Arnzen to include within the state’s curriculum biblical teachings. As Hemant points out,

The GOP controls the House and Senate by large margins and the Governor is also a Republican. So bad ideas can become law without much opposition.

And,

,,,there’s no law banning the Bible from being used as a point of reference in class. There’s good reason to discuss the impact of the Bible in world history, just as there would be in philosophy and comparative religion classes. You can even talk about it in a “Bible as literature” class. If students want to write about the Bible, that’s fine, too, assuming it follows all the other guidelines for the assignment. And certainly, no atheist group has ever tried to ban students from bringing the Bible to school.

But what justification could anyone possibly have for the relevance of the Bible in astronomy, biology, geology, etc? There is none whatsoever.

In other words, as a supplement or "a point of reference", the Bible is allowed in the public school setting making this resolution redundant.  Which leads me to wonder, along with numerous comments, what the agenda may actually be. 

Will they also allow the use of the Quran, the Bhagavad Gita or the Popol Vuh in that same way?  According to Melissa Davlin, 

Some members of the committee expressed concern with other religious texts, such as the Quran, being used in the same way, while others questioned whether a change would violate the Idaho State Constitution. Ultimately, the divided committee amended the resolution to take out a phrase supporting classes on the Bible in school.

Which means the Idaho Republicans are state sanctioning one religion over another.  Which as we all know is unconstitutional.

Resolutions aren’t legislation, but sometimes plant the seeds for future bill proposals.

Idaho Republican Party Considers Proposal Supporting “Bible Use” in Public Schools