Texas school board approves optional curriculum that incorporates Bible lessons for K-5 classes - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Similarly, the Texas Freedom Network - a grassroots organization advocating for religious freedom, individual liberties and public education - says the curriculum "verges on Christian proselytism insofar as its extensive, lopsided coverage of Christianity and the Bible suggests that this is the only religious tradition of any importance," a report analyzing the materials shows.
54% : Last year, Texas allowed public schools to hire uncertified religious chaplains as counselors, and the legislature has pushed to require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
49% : "She said, while the Supreme Court has ruled that public schools can teach the Bible in an academic context, "this curriculum is not that.""This curriculum has explicit biblical instruction for even kindergartners," Vane said.
49% : The infusion of religion in public schools is a trend that is beginning to emerge in other Republican-led states: A federal judge this month temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would have required the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by the new year.
48% : "The same politicians censoring what students can read now want to impose state-sponsored religion onto our public schools.
43% : "For Sharyn Vane, an opponent of the Bluebonnet curriculum, it's the job of parents to teach their children about religion -- not public schools.

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