Comments on: Lawmakers urging classes on sex, money and the Bible  http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/lawmakers-urging-classes-on-sex-money-and-the-bible/ Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Fri, 17 May 2013 21:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Donna Leone Hamm http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/lawmakers-urging-classes-on-sex-money-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-70643 Donna Leone Hamm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:14:19 +0000 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/30/lawmakers-urging-classes-on-sex-money-and-the-bible/#comment-70643 The legislators who are proposing teaching Bible history ought to get together for coffee with the ones who are proposing mandatory courses in the study of the U.S. Constitution. Have they heard of separation of church and state? And what about those who have studies -- as surely they exist -- which show that studying the Koran, the I Ching Book of Changes, the Book of Mormon, and /or the Torah are all beneficial to a student's understanding of history? Instead of advocating the teachings and beliefs of one religition, how about a course called "World Religions," in which ALL major religious beliefs are studied and discussed? The legislators who are proposing teaching Bible history ought to get together for coffee with the ones who are proposing mandatory courses in the study of the U.S. Constitution. Have they heard of separation of church and state? And what about those who have studies — as surely they exist — which show that studying the Koran, the I Ching Book of Changes, the Book of Mormon, and /or the Torah are all beneficial to a student’s understanding of history?

Instead of advocating the teachings and beliefs of one religition, how about a course called “World Religions,” in which ALL major religious beliefs are studied and discussed?

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