Tennessee Bill Will Let Kids Skip an Hour of School {to go to Church}

wapp.capitol.tn.gov ^ | 8 June 2020 | Tenn

[Cronos]

Can a Tennessee native explain to me what was the background of this bill? I don't fully understand why there is a need for this during the school day? Are the school days so long?

[loucon]

The only people I know that “go to church” in the middle of the day, every day, are Muslims.

[Sacajaweau]

When I was about 8 (1952), in Upstate NY, the local Catholic priest came to our public school and walked us to the church where we were given Religious Instruction and walked us back to the school.

I imagine this is the same sort of thing.

[Cronos]

but why in the middle of the school day? That’s what I don’t understand - why not after or before?

[nathanbedford]

The overall need for children to receive religious instruction might be grounded in the conviction that Tennessee should not become New York, California or Illinois.

The scheduling during the day might have something to do with the need to transport children home by school bus or carpool.

[Veggie Todd]

Gotta brainwash them early.

[GreenLanternCorps]

When I lived in Utah and was going to Jr. High, the LDS kids had “Released Time” in their schedule to go next door to the Mormon ward and get an hour of religious classes.

This looks like the same basic concept.

[xrmusn]

Likewise...I basically went to Parochial School (Goshen NY) through 9th grade(1953-54), went to Public School 10-11(Dover Plains NY) and we were ‘allowed’ to go to ‘Instructions’ once a week I believe.

I do remember getting 1 credit (towards Regents) from the Cath school and 1/4 from Public.

Also took Latin 1 as Freshman which ‘counted’ as my Language for my entire ‘HS career’.

Moved to CA for Sr year and they didn’t ‘allow’ the 2 credits I earned in NY for Religion (I think..I do know they ‘disallowed’ something which, with a FULL Load would have held up my graduation (I sort of skated those 2 years in NY Public HS, was WAY AHEAD of my ‘peers’ even took typing as a Junior))

[Sacajaweau]

I took typing, sewing, cooking in my Senior year (1961) at an elite all girl Catholic High School. The nuns were livid because I was on a full 4 year scholarship. In the end, they told me I could be a math teacher. Upped them a bit...College Degree in Engineering.

Oh yeah...4 years of Latin in HS. Went with an attorney who took 6 years of Latin and he always complained (laughing) that it was hard to find anyone who spoke conversational Latin. LOL

[af_vet_1981]

Gotta brainwash them early.

Wash early and often lest illness or sin infect.

• I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
• And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans, Catholic chapter twelve, Protestant verses one to two,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James

[MayflowerMadam]

In the ‘50s and ‘60s, every Friday afteenoon we had Religious Istruction. School buses took kids to whatever church they wanted. (They didn’t have to go if they didn’t want to.) It was a small town with about six churches.

[2nd amendment mama]

Here's the basis for this across the country:

School Ministries.org It's totally legal. I'm involved in this in South Carolina. It's fantastic. For the upcoming school year we have a waiting list for high school students wanting to participate in the program. Very encouraging to us.

[Cronos]

thanks!!

[The Toddler]

It is voluntary and allows the students to go to a Bible class off campus because the atheists have succeeded in making schools off limits to any instruction that does not promote homosexuality or other types of deviancy.

There is no brainwashing involved in teaching the Bible. The concepts contained therein are the underpinnings of western civilization. They form the basis of the social contracts that we see dissolving in front of our eyes.

[MurphsLaw]

"gotta brainwash them early"

What do you think secular American public school is all about these days? You are absolutely clueless.....
The hour these kids get away from the commie indoctrination their "teachers" and their union shove down their throats daily- is one less hour their brains get tortured with the liberal sewage.

HOMESCHOOL ! your kids..... And anyone else's if you can.....avoid the public toilets........

[_longranger81]

Who is Tennessee Bill, anyway? Any relation to Pecos Bill?

[wintertime]

It's a good idea. It will help counter the godless worldview that is taught in every government school in this nation. Please remember that it is impossible to have a religiously neutral school and all government schools teach everything through the godless secular humanist lens.

In Utah, Mormon high schoolers are permitted to attend one hour of religious instruction each school day in buildings close to their schools.

[xrmusn]

‘Secret’ from my past....

Sister made me PROMISE to not embarrass her and taken Latin II nor even try to retake Latin I.

With the promise I got a ‘barely’ passing grade (must not have been under the Regents ‘law’??) but it went on my ‘Permanent Record’ as a substitute for French or Spanish or whatever language one had to ‘master’..

I was the guy that ALWAYS had ‘could do MUCH better’ marked in the remarks column.

I did (sorta) impress the teachers in 10-11 as I was known to do homework for 3rd period in 4th period class etc, never took a book home, but I was ‘busy’ as I had a ‘full time job’ nights and played sports so didn’t have time for homework....It did appear that most everything that was went over seemed ‘familiar’ which is why I used the ‘ahead of my peers’ line...(Or maybe ‘smarter’ than I think/thought)...HA HA

However, I do notice that all the ‘you are wasting your life doing...... dead end jobs’ are now considered essential.

Wonder by necessity or are ‘they’ AFRAID to pay the working stiff for doing NOTHING or are we/they considered expendable and being used as ‘guinea pigs’ to see if intermingling works?????

So many questions...

According to all the (SO CALLED) experts, I am DEAD as I didn’t ‘miss a beat’, still doing my thing a couple of days a week and refuse to lock myself in the attic..THEN AGAIN, I do have enough sense to stay home if I am ‘ILL’...

[fortes fortuna juvat]

The overall need for children to receive religious instruction might be grounded in the conviction that Tennessee should not become New York, California or Illinois.
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A perfectly rational explanation if ever there was one.
Let’s hope it proves successful!