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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsVirginia School Adopts NCBCPS Curriculum
By Ed Brayton
Craig County High School in rural Virginia has decided to use the NCBCPS curriculum for an elective Bible course. And predictably, those who advocated it ducked right into the Lemon test punch:
Several county residents spoke about the need to have God in school.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post..."Satan is here in Craig County High School," said former Craig County School Board member Fay Powers. She added, "We fight Satan every day."
Two more pastors weighed in. "We can teach the philosophy of evolution, but not the Bible" in school, noted the Rev. Morris. Jerry King, a retired pastor, said he "would be surprised if this county turned it [the class] down, when we know the end is near."
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 17, 2008 (boomark / email).
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