Christian High Schools Claim Discrimination Against California State Universities For Not Crediting Their Courses…


First Posted: 11-28-05 08:55 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM

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New York Times :

Intelligent design isn't the only flashpoint in the battle over religion in the nation's classrooms. On Dec. 12, the Federal District Court in Los Angeles will hear a lawsuit filed by a consortium of Christian high schools against the University of California system for refusing to credit some of their courses when their students apply for admission.

Among those courses are "Christianity's Influence in American History" and "Christianity and American Literature," both of which draw on textbooks published by Bob Jones University of Greenville, S.C., which describes itself as having stood for "the absolute authority of the Bible since 1927."

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