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Article: The Bible makes a comeback in public schools.(CHURCH AND STATE)
- Article from:
- The Humanist
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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PERIODICALLY AN ORGANIZATION comes along promising to defuse the long-running battle over religion in public education by increasing instruction about religion as an academic discipline. At first glance, such proposals have great appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled that objective study about religion is unconstitutional. In fact, in its landmark 1963 Bible-reading decision, Abington Township School District v. Schempp, the court majority lauded such instruction, writing: "It might well be said that one's education is not complete without a study of comparative religion or the history of religion and its relationship to the advancement of civilization."
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