Reverse the question:
If they hand out Bibles, why not condoms? Both are the government intruding in your child's life well beyond the 3 R's. It's a two way street. Such matters are much better handled by family and the church.
Well, I think the counter argument would be that they are not on the same street at all, and that at one point in our history as a culture, that would have been obvious. To simply describe them as two types of "government intruding" is to reduce the specifics to meaningless generalities. Can a history teacher lean towards the Allies in covering WW2, or is that also too instrusive? Can we root for Neil Armstrong to successfully reach the moon, or is that too ideological?
The point is that ideology and culture are a huge part of education and everyone knows it. And many in the Christian community see the government as an agent of perversion and left wing ideology in every case, and against tradition in every case.
I am not saying that along settles it for me. I am just saying I understand the point. Now, as to the statue in the courthouse, I think it is a great opportunity for us all to debate and learn from the experience. Do I think it's appropriate to have the tablets there? Yeah, I think it makes sense. But in today's world, it's asking for grief. But it might be necessary.