Six percent of Tennessee's population is Catholic.
The Catholic bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee has weighed in on the 'Bible as state book' kerfuffle. He's agin' it. Not surprising. People are unaware of the history covered in this piece. The Protestant Bible (that would be the King James Bible) was used in public schools at least throughout the 19th century. Catholics objected, to that and much else. The tension explains why a parallel school system was created by Catholics.
Authentic Chirstians don't need a state endorsement of the Bible and it is unnecessarily provocative to non-Christians.
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