I support the Bible class in Odessa, TX.

The BBQ Pit
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All it takes is one teacher or principal with an agenda and the rights of students in any given school will be violated. Classes will not be monitored on a day by day basis and all too many teachers do not value separation of church and state on the level which would be required.

When I was still teaching, I ran into frequent problems with religious pressure from Christian fundamentalists, including from administrators.

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A simple test. Let’s see what would happen to a student doing a report using science and archeology to show that the Bible is not literally true. If the board were forced to permit it, I bet they’d cancel the class real fast - just like what happened when gay groups claimed the same rights as Christians to hold meetings in school.