Indeed, the Supreme Court asserted that in its landmark 1963 Abington ruling, which outlawed the practice of public schools reading the Bible as part of morning prayers. Academic study, though, is clearly not the aim of conservative Christian activists who have undertaken a nationwide push for Bible classes in public schools. An increasing number of states, The Post’s Julie Zauzmer reported, are enacting or considering legislation that would encourage high schools to teach the Bible. Violations of the separation of church and state are not new; the years since the Supreme Court’s ruling involving Pennsylvania public schools have been dotted with legal battles over schools holding prayer rallies, distributing Bibles and other inappropriate proselytizing. “Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of study the Bible,” Mr. Trump tweeted in January.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2019 23:03 UTC