The state Senate must now clear the bill before it becomes legislation.
The Missouri House this week passed a bill that would allow public schools in the state to teach elective social studies courses on the Bible.
The bill would enable public schools in Missouri to offer Bible classes to their students as an elective, although institutions cannot make the courses mandatory. It also requires education officials in the state to set out clear guidelines for and standards if they chose to conduct classes teaching the Old Testament and New Testament.
“The Bible is simply a part of the fabric of life,” Baker told the Missority House Special Committee on Student Accountability last month, before they voted to advance the bill. Baker did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for further comment. During the committee meeting in February, Brian Kaylor, a Missouri Baptist Church pastor who strongly opposes the bill, asserted that the BIble “cannot be reduced” to a school elective course. “I oppose this legislation not because I oppose the Bible,” Kaylor said, according to the Post-Dispatch. “The Bible cannot be reduced to merely an elective high school class. The Bible is inherently religious, and we cannot pretend otherwise.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump administration refuses to hand over documents to House oversight investigationThe Trump administration is committing 'an unprecedented level of stonewalling, delay and obstruction' in response to congressional requests for documents and witnesses, the chair of the House oversight committee has said. Elijah Cummings, Democratic congressman for Maryland, said he had sent
Read more »
House Democrats Probe White House Officials’ Email UseThe House Oversight Committee said it had obtained evidence that White House officials, including senior advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, used personal email accounts and messaging applications, a pattern the panel said appeared to violate laws governing White House records.
Read more »
Key House chair: White House officials using personal accounts to do official workHouse Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings said Thursday his committee has obtained new information that several senior White House officials have used personal email and messaging accounts to conduct government business, asserting that President Donald Trump's son-in-law communicated with foreign leaders through a private messaging application that appears to lack adequate safeguards.
Read more »
White House rejects House Democrats' request for Trump-Putin communicationsThe White House rejected a request from congressional Democrats for documents related to President Trump's phone calls and meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Read more »
Analysis | The Iraq War and WMDs: An intelligence failure or White House spin?Sixteen years after the invasion of Iraq, a top aide to George W. Bush blamed the intelligence community. But the White House spin machine played a big role too.
Read more »
Democrats will order FBI, White House counsel to preserve records shared with MuellerDirectives also will be sent to the CIA, NSA, Director of National Intelligence, and the departments of Justice, Treasury and State, congressional aides say.
Read more »
White House: Islamic State territory in Syria eliminatedABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says that all Islamic State held territory in Syria has been'100 percent' eliminated. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters...
Read more »
White House: Islamic State territory in Syria eliminatedABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says that all Islamic State held territory in Syria has been'100 percent' eliminated.
Read more »
ISIS 100 percent eliminated in Syria, White House claims
Read more »
White House claims victory in freeing Syria from ISIS controlTrump had proclaimed earlier this week that ISIS would suffer its defeat in Syria “tonight."
Read more »