What the hell is wrong with Kentucky these days?
What’s in the water?
Check out SB 142:
AN ACT relating to Bible literacy courses in the public schools.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible; require that the course provide students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy; permit students to use various translations of the Bible for the course; amend KRS 158.197 to permit a school council to offer an elective social studies course on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament of the Bible, the New Testament, or a combination of the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament of the Bible.
Introduced in the State Senate late Friday by David Boswell, Julian Carroll and Ed Worley.
When you dig in? Check this:
(2) The purpose of a course under this section is to:
(a) Teach students knowledge of biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory, and public policy;
They’ve added language to say all laws will be followed. But if that’s the case, they need to legislate classes from the Koran and other religious texts right away.
What a waste of time and money.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Johnny Masters // Feb 8, 2010 at 11:39 am
this is ridiculous… i mean they tried to disguise what the true intent of this piece of legislation is, but it’s too clear that they are injecting christianity into our schools, anything except for a “world religion” class, christianity shouldn’t be taught in schools. perhaps the historical analysis of the bible and it’s accuracy is in order…
2 E // Feb 8, 2010 at 11:45 am
We’re never going to have nice things in Kentucky!
Not when our ‘representatives’ piss away time and resources on this kind of stuff when they could be working on issues like…oh…I dunno…the budget shortfall, the pension shortfall, the fact that our roads are turning to shit before our eyes…you know things that actually matter to people!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
3 Novena // Feb 8, 2010 at 1:36 pm
“The Bible Is Not the Only Way”
While school children can be taught about the Bible as part of a history or literature course, it is rarely done in a balanced, inclusive way that would make it constitutional (therein lies the rub). If it is done for proselytizing purposes (which seems the clear intent of this legislation), it is unconstitutional. There must be neutrality, and that means also teaching about the Qu’ran, the Vedas, The Book of Mormon, and other religious texts. It would also need to include non-religious beliefs such as atheism, agnosticism, secular humanism, and the like as part of such a history or literature course. Thus, no promotion of one sect over another. Would KY legislators really do that or are they just seeking to preach Christianity–and a right-wing Christianity at that?
4 eric schansberg // Feb 8, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Why would a Christian want (their) children taught the Bible, largely by non-Christians and cultural Christians?
This is just one more argument for allowing choice and competition to reduce/eliminate the govt’s staggering monopoly power in the provision of elementary and secondary education.
5 Taylor // Feb 8, 2010 at 8:07 pm
This has Supreme Court written all over it…
6 Joey Wilson // Feb 8, 2010 at 8:16 pm
This is probably a bill these three drummed up as a way of “getting back” at King David for the social right crap legislation he’s forced the Ds to vote against the past two weeks. When you look at it that way, it’s sorta funny. Of course, Boswell might be more valuable to his constituents back home if he figured out a way to work with Williams in some constructive way to bring home a project or two to Owensboro. Heck no, he’d rather score points with his Dem buddies in Frankfort than actually help his constituents.
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