This West Virginia school district has weekly Bible classes. A kindergartner is suing.

[brooklynite]

Washington Post:

A kindergartner is battling county officials in federal court over Bible classes in public school.

In a federal lawsuit filed in January, Jane Doe, a pseudonymous plaintiff who is the mother of Mercer County, W.Va., kindergartner Jamie Doe, challenged the county’s “Bible in the Schools” program, saying it was unconstitutional.

“This program advances and endorses one religion, improperly entangles public schools in religious affairs, and violates the personal consciences of nonreligious and non-Christian parents and students,” said the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

The classes, held for 30 minutes weekly in elementary schools and 45 minutes weekly in middle schools, include “scripted interpretations” of Bible stories that advance “creationism” and “inculcate the biblical account of Jesus’ death and resurrection” with “no legitimate secular purpose,” the suit said.

One lesson, described in the suit, asked students to “imagine that human beings and dinosaurs existed at the same time.”

“So picture Adam being able to crawl up on the back of a dinosaur!” the lesson said, as the suit explained. “He and Eve could have their own personal water slide! Wouldn’t that be so wild!”

[shenmue]

1. What part of 'no establishment of religion' do knuckleheads not understand?

[gopiscrap]

2. Good they should be sued

[Thomas Hurt]

3. State sanctioned proselytization of other people's children

clear violation of the Establishment clause.

If people wish their children to be indoctrinated in a religion they should take them to church, mosque, temple, etc.

Funny isn't how the smaller gov't conservatives have no problem getting the over reaching government to impose religion on people.

[janterry]

4. that family

will need a lot of support if they are outed (and they certainly are). It's hard to go against that in small town America
(refugee from the deep south here! One little girl in CRIED when my daughter told her she wasn't christian)

[Binkie The Clown]

5. So if someone declares that the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook is their sacred text

could we teach Dungeons and Dragons in the public schools?

I'm all for that!

[Act_of_Reparation]

6. We'd have to divide the class up by alignment to make sure they're praying to right gods.

Wouldn't want some chump Neutral Good temping fate by praying to Cyric, now would we?