GOP Platform amendment calls for teaching the Bible as part of "American history"

[DesertRat]

According Zeke Miller, a reporter at TIME.

GOP Platform amendment calls for teaching the Bible as part of "American history"
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller

[annavictorious]

1. I teach language.

I remember reading about a GOP Texas legislator who wanted to cut funding for foreign language study because "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for the school children of Texas".

[rurallib]

3. a quite insightful statement

[AgadorSparticus]

11. THAT'S funny as hell! 😂😂😂

[sakabatou]

15. *headdesk*

[elleng]

2. Sorry, buster, it ain't AMERICAN history,

it's ANCIENT WORLD history!

[NWCorona]

4. ...

[Iliyah]

5. Building Noah's Ark explains it all . . .

[DesertRat]

12. That's right!

[BobbyDrake]

6. It's things like this that make the assertation "There's no difference between Dems and Repubs"

so unbelievably hilarious.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Absolutely delusional.

[DesertRat]

13. Absolutely right!

[TeddyR]

7. Setting aside whether this is constitutional (and it isn't)

The Bible has nothing to do with American history. I'm fairly confident that the Bible was written well before 1776 and I'm not sure what lessons in American history our students would learn. This is a stupid idea, although I have relatives who would probably think it is the best idea ever.

[pandr32]

8. Uh...no!

No way, no how, no. In fact, deism was the dominant belief of our founding fathers--more than Christianity--thanks to the Enlightenment.

[greymattermom]

9. that would be the Book of Mormon

not the Bible, right?

[DesertRat]

14. That's what I heard

I saw the musical!