Atheists Sue West Virginia School District Over 75-Year-Old Bible Indoctrination Classes

It’s entirely legal for public schools to offer a “Bible as Literature” elective in which students who choose to take the class study the Bible as an influence on society and as a classical book, full of broad themes and important stories (which are often alluded to in other works).

What’s not legal is for those schools to preach the Bible. At no point can a teacher claim the Bible stories are “true” or an accurate reflection of our history. It’d be wrong, to say the least, and it’d be an unconstitutional promotion of religion.

But the Mercer County Schools in West Virginia have been preaching the Bible for decades — 75 years, in fact — to students in elementary and middle school. And now the district is being sued by the Freedom From Religion Foundation....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/01/19/atheists-sue-west-virginia-school-district-over-75-year-old-bible-indoctrination-classes/