Rightwing Christians plot to increase US religious education during school hours
Far-right linked group LifeWise pushing model bill to allow students to leave school grounds for religious ‘release time’A group of rightwing Christian organizations is pushing a model bill to require public school districts to allow students to receive religious education during school hours, according to footage from a December meeting of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers.During the meeting, a group of state lawmakers voted to create a model bill that would allow students to leave school grounds to receive religious education for one to five hours a week, a practice referred to as religious release time. Continue reading...

Far-right linked group LifeWise pushing model bill to allow students to leave school grounds for religious ‘release time’
A group of rightwing Christian organizations is pushing a model bill to require public school districts to allow students to receive religious education during school hours, according to footage from a December meeting of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers.
During the meeting, a group of state lawmakers voted to create a model bill that would allow students to leave school grounds to receive religious education for one to five hours a week, a practice referred to as religious release time. Continue reading...