"The House Public Education Committee was set late Tuesday to consider – but not vote on – a bill by Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, ordering high schools to offer history and literacy* courses on the Old and New Testaments. The courses would be elective."
"We're not going to preach the Bible, we're going to teach the Bible and how it affects all of our writings, documents and the formation of our government," Mr. Chisum said. "We're taking it as a document that has historical value."
*I'm thinking the reporter meant to write "history and literature courses," but you never know. Maybe people who elect representatives that favor thinly veiled legislative attempts to support state sponsorship of a particular religion do need literacy courses. Or, the source could be wrong. You choose.
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I'm sure they'll put a particular emphasis on the Bible's role in the Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, and colonialization of the darker continents. I mean, this Chisum guy sounds like a real open-minded scholar and all.
AK is just as ass-backwards. The legislature just spent a million bucks on an advisory vote on whether the Congress should itself vote to amend the state constitution to preclude benefits to the qualified partners of state employees. This advisory vote was dumb on so many levels, not the least of which is the fact that there are only maybe a dozen state employees to which such an amendment would apply. Excellent use of taxpayer money and legislative resources, fellas.
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