Ethics

Victory in Iowa

By Ed Brayton

Remember the school system in Iowa a couple months ago that had proposed a policy to establish a Bible course and a course in criticism of evolution? They came to their senses and removed those things from the policy.

Spencer school officials will throw out a Bible class and discard a critique of evolutionary theory to avoid being sued over the district's proposed "religious liberties" policy.

The elective classes and other parts of the plan drew fire last month from civil rights activists who said they promoted Christian beliefs.

School board members have gone back to the drawing board.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 05, 2009 (boomark / email).