Controversial Bible class.* A controversial Bible class is expected to be a part of the Odessa, Texas Odessa is a city located primarily in Ector County, of which it is the county seatGR6, in the U.S. state of Texas. Some of its city limits extend into adjacent Midland County. , high school curriculum in 2006. In April the local school board, pressured by more than 6,000 Odessa residents, voted unanimously to institute the course promoted by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of its 300-page Bible curriculum, The Bible in History and Literature, in schools throughout the United States. . People for the American Way People For the American Way (PFAW) is a progressive advocacy organization in the United States. Under U.S. tax code, PFAW is organized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. The current president of PFAW is Ralph Neas. and the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. have criticized the council, saying its materials promote religion. In Frankenmuth, Michigan, a similar proposal led to a year-long controversy before that school board voted this past January not to offer such a course. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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