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" One of the subtler -- or sneakier -- arguments by the theocrats among us who wish to teach their particular splinter of Christianity in the public schools is that we should teach the Bible &amp;quot;as literature,&amp;quot; or that we should offer courses in comparative religions. With which latter even some liberals, like me, have no real problem. In theory. Yeah, good luck with that. Students will no longer be allowed to take field trips to religious venues after the stepfather of a Hendersonville High School student accused the school system of promoting Islam, starting another debate about the role of religion in Sumner County schools. The American Civil Liberties Union sued the school system in 2011 over teacher-led prayer and promotion of Christianity on school campuses. In the settlement, Sumner schools admitted no wrongdoing, but new rules were put in place barring teachers from praying with students or leading Bible studies on school grounds, and prohibiting youth ministers from visiting schools other than to see family members. For the record, I don&amp;#039;t know why there weren&amp;#039;t field trips to other houses of worship, either. Hell, I don&amp;#039;t know why the kids weren&amp;#039;t allowed to attend Wiccan rites out in the woods. But I suspect this is not about that. And I decline to believe that the school board in Henderson, Tennessee has been overrrun with undercover Muslims. More likely, I suspect, we have here the same problem that afflicted a certain institution of higher learning in Australia. He&amp;#039;s welcome to teach any of the great Socialist thinkers, as long as he makes it clear that they were wrong. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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