Flowers from Christ & St. Stephen’s church
Remember that guy from Oklahoma that required schools to have and teach the Bible? And the requirements for the Bible only matched that one endorsed by the Trumps? The guy that got sued over that by 30 educators and parents?
Ryan Walters, aforementioned guy, might be the new education secretary. And while he didn’t outright state he would support a national Bible mandate, he didn’t reject the idea and said, “if you’re teaching American history, the Bible has to be included.”
I’m going to be controversial here, but the Bible has no place being taught in public schools except as part of a Worlds Religions class that also covers Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. While the founding fathers may have been Christian, that doesn’t necessitate teaching the Bible or the Ten Commandments as part of history. It doesn’t require having a Bible in the classroom or the commandments posted on the wall. If you want your child to learn the Bible send them to private school; if you can’t do that then there’s always church and Bible study or, I don’t know, you.
Thank you @swampyouth and everyone who got me to 5000 reblogs!
Lovely Subway Tile Art at 81st St B,C stop at Museum of natural history
Visit to the Hayden Planetarium NYC Beautiful Natural History Museum, great architecture
New Postmodern architecture in Hudson Yards