New Texas law requires Bible literacy education in public schools, but gives few guidelines


	New Texas law requires Bible literacy education in public schools, but gives few guidelines

enbar

9-6-2009 3:24 AM

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enbar says:

Something tells me this isn't going to end well. Something also tells me that the teachers are going to end up getting blamed.

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