At the Idaho Statesman on November 27, 2024 there is a guest opinion from Blaine Conzatti of the Idaho Family Policy Center (repeated from their web site) titled The Bible should be read in Idaho’s public schools. History and tradition support it.
Then, on November 29, 2024 there was a reply from The Rev. Joseph Farne titled Episcopal rector: Which Bible will we put in Idaho classrooms? They aren’t the same | Opinion. As shown above, there are three Deuterocanonical books included in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions which were left out of the Protestant one.
Trumpists likely would tell us to use the Protestant God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, also known as the Trump Bible (King James version) which, of course, poses a major problem – it being from a foreign state religion (Church of England). Catholics will feel left out. And what about the quarter or so of the Idaho population who are LDS, and thus might want us to also read from the Book of Mormon?
UPDATE: December 27, 2024
There is a guest opinion by Rowan Astra in the Idaho Statesman on December 27, 2024 titled Idaho’s government is supposed to protect religious freedom, not promote a religion. It says the Idaho Family Policy Center wants student to have to listen to twenty verses a day from the King James version.
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