When the Bible Goes to School, the Tug-Of-War Begins

Commentary
Inside the First Amendment

By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center senior scholar

Fights over the Good Book in public schools have a long and ignoble history in the United States — from 19th century Bible Wars (when riots broke out over whose version of the Bible would be read in the morning) to current conflicts over Bible electives.

Now three-in-one-month legal developments in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee add fuel to the fiery rhetoric…