Texas Republicans seem to be pushing more for Christianity in public schools as a new, proposed elementary school curriculum would include lessons with teachings on the Bible.
The elementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts lessons with teachings on the Bible, marking the latest push by Texas Republicans to put more Christianity in public schools.The Texas Education Agency released thousands of pages of educational materials this week.
to "require instruction on the Bible, servant leadership and Christian self-governance."Throughout the three-day convention, Republican leaders and attendees frequently claimed that Democrats sought to indoctrinate schoolchildren as part of a war on Christianity. Chair Aaron Kinsey, of Midland, echoed those claims in a speech to delegates, promising to use his position to advance Republican beliefs and oppose Critical Race Theory, "diversity, equity and inclusion" initiatives or "whatever acronym the left comes up with next.""You have a chairman," Kinsey said, "who will fight for these three-letter words: G-O-D, G-O-P, and U-S-A.
, said she believes it’s okay to include Biblical references as long as other religions are also introduced to students."As a Christian, I think it is okay as long as you’re normalizing the introduction of all religions and all types of mythologies so students have a varied and robust and true depiction of the materials in the text of our past," Childs said.
.Members of the public can also weigh in and offer feedback on the materials until August 16 and from there, the materials will go before the state board in November for final approval. If approved, the materials will immediately be available for download.Chancey, the Southern Methodist University religion professor, said teaching the Bible in any public setting immediately prompts a variety of complicated questions.
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