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Can the Bible be Used as Part of the Curriculum of the School?

YES! In Stone v. Graham,57 the Supreme Court said, "the Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like."58 Thus, it would be constitutional for a public school teacher to have students study the Biblical passages that relate to Christmas (e.g., Matthew 1:18-2:22 and Luke 2:1-20) if the purpose was to study the historical or literary significance of the passages. Of course, any student that had ideological or religious objections to reading the Bible should be excused from the assignment.

In addition, the Bible was an important book in the early history of this country. The Court's view in Stone v. Graham suggests that it is constitutionally permissible to develop a curriculum that evaluates the role of the Bible in this country and Western Civilization. The Bible is also considered to be literature from antiquity. A school board could establish a policy that allows the Bible to be discussed as part of a literature program in the school.59

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