To the Editor,

The March 15 Clinton County News reported that the County Board of Education was asked to restore Biblical teaching in the classrooms. That subject would be excellent if it could be implemented without a controversy. It has caused uproars in some communities when it was broached.

If Biblical teaching is sanctioned in taxpayer schools that would open a route for atheists and foreign sects to teach their doctrine and culture, and they don’t conform with Christianity. The clause protecting freedom of religion and speech in Amendment 1 to the U.S. Constitution is cited, and America being a sovereign nation is construed as reason for not paying taxes nor getting a driver’s license.

Due to ethnic and population changes and the many religious denominations and foreign sects in the U.S.A., it would be prudent to NOT authorize religion teaching in public, taxpayer schools. An objective rule could quell confusion and uproars and keep peace in communities.

Since the U.S.A. constitutional laws contain principals written in the Biblical Ten Commandments, it would seem appropriate to display them in schools in an effort to direct children toward an upright character.

Mrs. Ruth S. Bayne

19090 319th Ave.

Harrold, SD 57536