Idaho Republicans: Public schools should use the Bible as a science and law textbook

Republicans in Idaho are pushing a bill to make the Bible a reference book in public school classes teaching science and law, Patheos reports.

Members of the state's Republican party have published a set of proposed resolutions following a central committee meeting this past weekend among Idaho GOP higher-ups. The policy initiatives the state's conservative leadership dreamed up include "A Resolution Supporting Bible Use in Idaho Public Schools."

Republican party chairperson for Idaho County, Marge Arnzen, submitted legislative language to infuse the state's curriculum with biblical teachings. The proposal, partially captured in screen shots below, begins with a nod to the Christian supreme being :

Concluding that theocracy is the rightful law of the land, Arnzen's bill would see the Bible stand on academic par with textbooks in the state's biology and government classrooms.

Idaho Republicans also put forward an initiate this week to investigate the U.S. Forest Service for “federal agency overreach and/or neglect” in their "revision of the Forest Management Plan for the Panhandle National Forest in North Idaho."