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rug

(82,333 posts) Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:31 AM Oct 2015

TN bill would ban 'religious doctrine' until high school

No Tennessee public school course could include anything deemed "religious doctrine" unless the course is taught in 10th, 11th or 12th grade if a newly proposed bill becomes law. (Photo: The Tennessean)

Dave Boucher, The Tennessean
8:41 p.m. EDT October 9, 2015

NASHVILLE - No Tennessee public school course could include anything deemed "religious doctrine" unless the course is taught in 10th, 11th or 12th grade if a newly proposed bill becomes law.

The bill from Rep. Sheila Butt, R-Columbia, comes on the heels of complaints from some parents in several communities as to what their children are learning in middle school about Islam.

"I think that probably the teaching that is going on right now in seventh, eighth grade is not age appropriate," Butt said Friday afternoon. "They are not able to discern a lot of times whether its indoctrination or whether they're learning about what a religion teaches."

Parents in Williamson County, Maury County and several other areas have complained about information contained in courses related to world history. Some, like U.S. Rep Diane Black, R-Tenn., argue the teachings border on indoctrination.

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/2015/10/09/tn-bill-would-ban-religious-doctrine-until-high-school/73692618/

Scopes is turning over in his grave.

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TN bill would ban 'religious doctrine' until high school (Original Post) rug Oct 2015 OP

"They are not able to discern a lot of times whether its indoctrination or whether they're learning Hoppy Oct 2015 #1

Ah! The esteemed authoress of 'Does God Love Michael's Two Daddies?' CurtEastPoint Oct 2015 #2

Nice catch. At least she's honestly named. rug Oct 2015 #3

At least wait until Turbineguy Oct 2015 #4

So no more indoctrinating kids in Christianity til they're old enough to maybe be skeptical in TN? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #5

Would that include "one nation, under God ..."? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #6

One would hope. rug Oct 2015 #7

and "In God We Trust"? Downwinder Oct 2015 #8

oh, they're trying to keep students from learning TOO much about actual doctrines MisterP Oct 2015 #9

Make that "until high school graduation" and you've got something. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #10

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

1. "They are not able to discern a lot of times whether its indoctrination or whether they're learning

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:57 AM

Oct 2015

about what a religion teaches."

Guess what? Their kids are not as dumb as they are.

CurtEastPoint

(18,641 posts)

2. Ah! The esteemed authoress of 'Does God Love Michael's Two Daddies?'

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:57 AM

Oct 2015

Ignorant woman.

http://www.amazon.com/Does-Love-Michaels-Daddies-Sarah/dp/0932859941

rug

(82,333 posts)

3. Nice catch. At least she's honestly named.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 08:59 AM

Oct 2015

Turbineguy

(37,322 posts)

4. At least wait until

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 09:02 AM

Oct 2015

the kids' fingers are strong enough to squeeze triggers.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

5. So no more indoctrinating kids in Christianity til they're old enough to maybe be skeptical in TN?

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 09:29 AM

Oct 2015

Sounds like an advance, actually.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)

6. Would that include "one nation, under God ..."? (nt)

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:03 PM

Oct 2015

rug

(82,333 posts)

7. One would hope.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:05 PM

Oct 2015

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

8. and "In God We Trust"?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 12:18 PM

Oct 2015

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

9. oh, they're trying to keep students from learning TOO much about actual doctrines

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:20 PM

Oct 2015

they don't want a hint of the whole crawling fearsome millenially-old ways that mere mortals have approached the infinite divine, had struggled to work out ethical systems and relate them to one another

they want Jesus endorsing Paul Ryan, potshotting pterodactyls with his AR-15 from T.rex-back, and no Ayrab numerals

(of course they objected then to the chapters in Civic Biology that are the exact ones they'd want to teach today)

eppur_se_muova

(36,261 posts)

10. Make that "until high school graduation" and you've got something. nt

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2015, 01:38 PM

Oct 2015

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