Georgia Abandons Constitution - OKs Bible Classes, Commandments

[kpete]

Georgia OKs Bible Classes, Commandments
By SHANNON McCAFFREY

Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — Georgia became what is believed to be the first state to offer government-sanctioned elective classes on the Bible, with Gov. Sonny Perdue signing a bill into law Thursday.

The governor also signed a bill permitting the display of the Ten Commandments at courthouses, an issue that has raised thorny constitutional questions.

Critics say the measures blur the line between church and state. National civil rights groups said they want to see how the laws are implemented before deciding whether to challenge them in court.

The Bible is already incorporated into classes in Georgia and other states, and some local school districts have passed measures permitting classes devoted solely to the Bible. But education analysts say the law in Georgia is the first time a state government has endorsed such courses.

The new law allows elective classes on the Bible to be taught to high school students. Local school systems will decide whether to teach the courses.

more at:
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Bible_Bills.html

[sam sarrha]

1. our country if not the whole world is melting down due to the insanity of W

and it gets worse every day..

Ohio has proposed a bill to prevent all abortions for any circumstance, even if it results in the death of both the mother and Fetus and charging a woman with murder if she goes to another state has one then comes back...:wtf:

[wtbymark]

2. Les Etats' Unis du Canada vs. Jesusland

[donsu]

3. decades ago, northerners driving south to Fl., knew not to stop in

the state of Georgia for any reason at all.

eat, drink, pee, and gas up before crossing the border.

back then is was police speed traps; hatred of any man with long hair (driving through Ga. they had to wear their long hair under their hats); and the general infriendliness of the citizens.

now you have to dodge the religiously insane.