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  • Released-Time Seminary (I'm Curious)

    09/23/2004 10:36:35 AM PDT · by sociotard · 3 replies · 307+ views
    This is just a thread to satisfy my own curiosity. Zorach vs. Clauson was a supreme court case that ruled that high school students could get "release time" to go attend a religous instruction class. In essence, it allowed students take a course when they could've been taking an elective, provided some religous organization was providing a course. Now, in my area (SE Idaho), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has set up a number "Seminaries" just outside high school campuses for this very reason. They offer four courses (Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Church...