{"id":161920,"date":"2019-01-10T09:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=161920"},"modified":"2019-01-10T09:52:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:52:12","slug":"nd-lawmaker-sponsoring-bill-requiring-bible-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=161920","title":{"rendered":"ND legislative bill, Bible classes, public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"story_content\" class=\"ng-binding\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-161922\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LarsenOley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LarsenOley.jpg 157w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/LarsenOley-125x175.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A North Dakota lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would require schools to offer classes on the Bible.The American Civil Liberties Union&#8217;s North Dakota chapter says the measure championed by Republican Sen. Oley Larsen is &#8220;blatantly unconstitutional&#8221; and would likely lead to litigation if approved by the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen, a former teacher from Minot, tells The Associated Press that a Bible class would count toward students&#8217; social studies requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen says schools would have to offer curriculum that covers the Old Testament, the New Testament or a combination of the two. But he says students would not have to take it.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen says the aim of his legislation is not religious but is to make students aware of Bible history.<\/p>\n<p>A hearing on the measure has not been scheduled.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A North Dakota lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would require schools to offer classes on the Bible.The American Civil Liberties Union&#8217;s North Dakota chapter says the measure championed by Republican Sen. Oley Larsen is &#8220;blatantly unconstitutional&#8221; and would likely lead to litigation if approved by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161920"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161925,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161920\/revisions\/161925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}