Public Schools

"... whichever way the Court rules, no one’s humanity hangs in the balance. Memes like the one pictured at top, though couched in terms of concern for young people who are different from their peers, don’t really help if they instill in their subjects needless fear, unhappiness, and the belief that the world is out to get them." - The Bulwark

"...this is the first large-scale, nationally representative survey asking teens a series of questions about their own practices and perceptions regarding religious expressions in public schools." - BPNews

• The Pew study

The law: “Local boards shall require each public elementary and secondary school to display the national motto of the United States, ‘In God We Trust,’ in a prominent location in the school” - Christian Headlines

"As a professor of religious studies, I have served as an expert witness in four public-school yoga and meditation legal challenges. I testified that school yoga and meditation programs fit legal criteria of religion." - Intellectual Takeout

"The California Department of Education has been praised by the LGBT community for approving new education guidelines that discuss the issue of gender fluidity with kids as young as five." - Christian Headlines

"The four school systems currently have approved rules in their schools that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. The policies don’t expressly guarantee student access to their choice of restroom, but the schools try to meet those requests." - Christian Headlines

"There’s currently a bill in Rhode Island that seeks to make it illegal for school employees to have sex with students.The state teachers’ unions and the ACLU have decided to oppose it." - Bullwark

"The bill approved by the House on Tuesday ... would require a public school to offer the academic study of the Bible if at least 15 students request one. The course would be taught in what the legislation calls a 'nondevotional manner with no attempt made to indoctrinate students.'" - Fox News