Friday 03rd of September 2010

Posts taged as ‘ school ’



No place for creationism in science class, state says

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Religion News

Keep creationism out of science class, the state school system says.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Brunswick County school board began discussions on teaching creationism alongside evolution – something all four board members present showed a strong interest in. The talk began after Joel Fanti, a parent and graduate of the school system, told the board [...]



It’s unlawuful to teach religion as if it were true in Sweden

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Religion News

The Swedish government has announced plans to clamp down hard on religious education. It will soon become illegal even for private faith schools to teach religious doctrines as if they were true. In an interesting twist on the American experience, prayer will remain legal in schools – after all, it has no truth value. But [...]



Court briefs debate school Bible distribution

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | Por admin | Category Religion News

Several groups including one led by Alabama’s ousted Ten Commandments judge, Roy Moore, have filed briefs in a Missouri case about distributing Bibles to public school children.
The South Iron R-1 School District for years allowed representatives of Gideons International to give away Bibles to grade schoolers, but a federal judge declared the practice unconstitutional.
The district [...]