Ahh, Texas

The Texas Board of Ed has approved the establishment of bible classes in public high schools. The guidelines call for the classes to focus on history and not promote or disparage any particular religion, but here's the catch...

From an AP story:

Mark Chancey, associate professor in religious studies at Southern Methodist University, has studied Bible classes already offered in about 25 districts for the Texas Freedom Network.

The study found most of the courses were explicitly devotional with almost exclusively Christian, usually Protestant, perspectives.

It also found that most were taught by teachers with no academic training in biblical, religious or theological studies and who were not familiar with the issues of separation of church and state.

"Some classes promote creation science. Some classes denigrate Judaism. Some classes explicitly encourage students to convert to Christianity or to adopt Christian devotional practices," Chancey said. "This is all well documented, and the board knows it."

Of course, since the guidelines mandate that the classes deal only with history and literature and don't favor one religion, it's going to be hard to argue the classes, as defined in the guidelines, are unconstitutional...

OK, I won't post again until I have something entertaining to write... seriously.