Oh, and, there’s more.
Also see Ed Brayton’s posts here:
- New Developments in Odessa Case
- Historical Ignorance on NCBCPS Website
- Liberty Legal Institute to Defend Odessa Suit
- Jewish Teacher in Odessa Speaks Out
- The Adoption of the NCBCPS Curriculum in Odessa
- NCBCPS Curriculum Challenged in Court
Here’s the press release from the Liberty Legal Institute:
The ACLU put their initial complaint on-line, and may follow with more documents as the case progresses:
The Texas Freedom Network has sponsored high-level criticism of Bible study class curricula; their critiques forced changes in the curriculum used in Odessa, but the modified curriculum does not pass Constitutional, academic or Bible study muster, according to a careful report from Southern Methodist University (in Dallas) Bible study professor Mark Chancey. TFN has several reports and press releases on the general issue:
And from the local newspaper, the daily Odessa American:
- “Free Bible Defense” (On Liberty Legal Institute’s defending the district at no cost)
- “ECISD fights lawsuit” (ECISD is Ector County Independent School District)
- “ACLU, parents sue ECISD”
- “Closed-door Bible class”






