Jordan Lorence: “Banned Books” or Exaggerated Hype?

Jordan Lorence at the Speak Up Movement University Blog: David Cortman, the ADF attorney handling the case, said that “[t]he mere fact that a classical text is religious does not mean it has no educational value. The Supreme Court itself has clearly acknowledged this.” Cortman also said that “[w]hen government officials ban the objective study of all religious texts, including the most important literary works of all time–such as the Bible, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, and the Odyssey–it only contributes to the further dumbing down of public school education. It’s no wonder that the call for school choice has become so popular.”