The new guidelines require educators to incorporate the Bible by looking at “only its historical, literary and secular benefits” by noting the Bible’s influence on Western civilization, American history, literature, art and music.

So, that means you can teach about:

• Thomas Jefferson putting together his own version of the New Testament that omits all of the supernatural parts.

• The "slave Bibles" that omitted any verses about freedom from bondage so slaves wouldn't yearn for it but still be Christians.

• Bible verses that the slavers used to justify slavery.

• Forcibly converting indigenous Americans to Christianity by putting their children in special religious boarding schools.

• The complete failure of the religious-motivated alcohol prohibition movement.

• Catholic priest Father Coughlin going on the radio every week and talking about how Hitler was ordained by God.

I'm sure others of you can come up with examples.

He's such a snowflake that all personal contact info has been removed from his website. Even his office has no contact info. Holy fuck they are such goddamn weenies. It's despicable and absurdly hilarious all at the same time.

After all, most of the bible occurs in the US.

controversial

Odd way to spell "unconstitutional."

And then the guy goes - “This sex-crazed mob wants to fuck these dudes so bad they wouldn’t even rape our daughters instead!”

And that guy . . . was God’s emissary.

So. What can we conclude? Yes - Malcolm.

Wait isn’t this the guy that sent porn to a bunch of law makers and cops last year?

I'm down as long as it's presented in a comparative religions kind of way. If the guidelines don't specifically say not to talk about other religions and/or nonreligious ideologies, make sure to throw in some material on Islam, pagan religions like Wicca, indigenous American religions, Hoodoo, Buddhism, etc.

And, as others have said, don't just teach what casts Christianity or the Bible (or any of those other religions, for that matter) in a positive light. Talk about the KKK and abortion clinic bombings and the red scare and how bonkers the country went right after 9/11.

That’s just their starting point. Foot in the door.