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Moreno vs. Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees

Article Reference

Moreno vs. Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees. (2007, May16).

American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved April 12, 2008 from

http://www.aclu.org/religion/schools/296831lgl20070516.html

Summary of Key Points
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (2007), the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees authorized the teaching of the Bible course in public high schools, which promoted a particular religious viewpoint to public school students in a manner prohibited by the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Ector County Independent School District adopted the Bible course with the primary purpose of generally advancing religion and interpreting the Bible within the public high schools (ACLU, 2007).
Mrs. Moreno and the other plaintiffs in this case believes religious education should be the responsibility of parents and religious communities, and not the public schools to which she sends her children (ACLU, 2007). Additionally, Mrs. Moreno and the other plaintiffs’ feels the use of their tax dollars to promote and endorse religion in the public school system is unconstitutional (ACLU, 2007).
The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools was adopted by the Ector County Independent School District to implement their curriculum within the high schools. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (2007), the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools presents its own particular viewpoints and conclusions regarding important issues of biblical interpretation and authorship as though they were the only possible correct viewpoints.
Moreover, the Ector County Independent School District denied public access to parents and the media to view course materials of the The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (ACLU, 2007).
As a result,...