What if your religious view holds that a minority group is inferior to white people? Can you opt out of lessons about civil rights, equal rights, slavery, etc.? What if your religious view holds that women should be subservient to men? Can you opt out of lessons about the 19th amendment?
Having religion in public schools places an additional burden on families that support LGBTQ taxpayers.
What if your religious view now states you can treat people how you would "not" want to be treated and insist that you are Christian. Maybe you worship a false idol.
Yes. I think those lessons are illegal under the current administration to begin with… A professor in Florida wasn’t allowed to teach a course on slavery.
Not to mention teaching evolution.
Which a disturbing number of states (meaning more than zero) already allow.
I for the life of me don’t understand how any of these fake “Christians” actually think they’re Christian. I don’t think any of them has actually ever read the bible.
This is why the decision is so pernicious.
Could you opt out of lessons taught by a teacher that your belief system considers to be a subhuman?
Well, the center of gravity in American Christianity is purely white nationalist, misogynistic, bigoted, hateful, and violent. So, lots of opt out potential.
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I say let the little shits opt out of all society Go to religious schools and play ring around the maypole for all i care Just stay away from my kids
Slavery? Slavery's a tough one because it's OK in the bible and probably other made-up fantasy books. So I wouldn't touch slavery or equal rights for females (non-persons)
The mere existence of non-Christian belief now violates their religious beliefs. Their taking over our public schools because church membership is at its nadir, state sponsored assistance for Christians and assorted white people.
Nutty
I will become a Quaker to opt out of war and destruction propaganda.
This isn’t as difficult as some of you make it… I taught in private & public schools where we always allowed parents to opt their kids out of specific books… in all my years, I had a total of 2 opt outs… gave those kids other pieces to read…
found out much later that both of those kids were borrowing their friends’ books & reading them on the sly… do I wish they had been able to read in class? Of course! And if a religious view is THAT narrow, most likely the child will be homeschooled!
Cannot be prouder to be from a secular country 🇫🇷
The slope is a sheet of ice.
Daughters of the confederates, wrote most of the history books favoring the south, such as Gen Lee won the civil war. There are generations of people that believe the slaves enjoyed their jobs and loved their owners - some DNA shows they even enjoyed other things!?
The war of northern aggression, as my school mate from Alabama call it.
Interesting view. I'm not a solid yes/no, always/never, there are shades of gray and new evidence may change some things, but alternative facts!? Some facts just can't be disputed, when there is reliable witness, science and solid evidence.
Yes and yes probably!
Can Jews and Muslims opt out of books about Miss Piggy?
They will opt out of teaching and learning science. Just another dirty way for rightwing treasonists to break public education and the country. Six criminals control our Supreme Court.
THERE IS NO GOD so no one should be forced to bow to anyone who believes in a non-existent being!
Can people let their children die from disease because they believe prayer is the only answer to disease? Can men beat their wives and children because the book they follow tells them so? Ownership of women and children by men is what this sounds like as well.
That would require thinking, something that seems to be foreign to this administration.
I would bet that the "opt-out" policy will next be applied to any book that treats evolutional as fact. The dumbing-down of Americans will accelerate.
Can you opt out of being in mixed race or gender classrooms?
This is a great time for start-up religions. Get creative folks.
I think paying taxes will be forbidden in my new religion, for a start.
Or what if your religious view is that George Washington never existed? That he is an entirely fictional character.
In America, many folks like to claim superiority over other religious folks (Muslim, etc). Our country is a few steps closer to being what we perceive as "inferior" & "barbaric" religious beliefs. The country wants to return to the latter 1700s when such hatred was in vogue. Sad should it happen.
