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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsReleased Time Lawsuit in South Carolina
By Ed Brayton
An interesting lawsuit has been filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) on behalf of two students and their parents against the Spartanburg, South Carolina school system for awarding academic credit to students for released-time Christian education classes. You can read the full complaint here (PDF).
South Carolina has a law allowing schools to give elective credits for students participating in released-time religious education classes. Spartanburg High School gives credit for Christian classes run by an organization called South Carolina Bible Education in School Time. Those courses teach the following things:
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