West Virginia Proposal Would Require Schools to Offer Bible Elective
West Virginia’s Senate Bill 252 would require public schools to offer elective Bible courses. But recent allegations in Kentucky should give lawmakers pause.
West Virginia’s Senate Bill 252 would require public schools to offer elective Bible courses. But recent allegations in Kentucky should give lawmakers pause.
To mark Religious Freedom Day this year, read the 1786 Virginia Statute it celebrates, written by Thomas Jefferson.
Many public schools in Kentucky may be using a new law to promote religion under the guise of improving “Bible literacy.”
You can participate this week in a social media campaign from the Know Your Neighbor initiative encourages all Americans to resolve to break down the walls that divide us along religious lines this new year.
The 5th Circuit’s ruling dismissing a challenge to Mississippi’s HB 1523 for lack of standing will remain in place after the Supreme Court declined to take up the plaintiffs’ appeal. But that will not likely be the final word on the constitutionality of the law.