We look at the documentary “Off-School Property,” produced by LifeWise Academy, which advocates for incorporating religious education into public schools.We highlight how the film manipulates facts to create a misleading narrative about widespread support for its approach. This discussion underscores the need to clearly separate religion from education to protect all students’ rights.
Tag: religious education
Ohio House Bill 171, introduced by Representative Bill Patmon (D-10), would allow students to receive credit for studying religion during what is called release time. If passed, Ohio would be the second state to give credit for religious study during the school day. It’s too bad that Rep. Patmon reasons for the law are based on false assumptions and it looks like just an attempt to subvert court decisions that keep church and state separate in public schools.
Here is the text for the proposed law as introduced on May 21st 2013: