Attorney general OKs Bible classes in public schools
Tennessee's public school students are legally safe to learn about the Bible's impact on literature, art and politics so long as the lessons aren't sermons, a new opinion from the state's Attorney General says.
The judgment, released Tuesday, also declares that a pending legislative bill that would authorize the state to create a nonsectarian Bible elective curriculum passes constitutional muster.
Still, bill sponsor Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, said he requested a legal opinion to send a clear message that an academic, nonreligious Bible class has a place in public classrooms....