A Louisiana public school is insisting it has a legal right to promote Christianity. Students at Airline High School are drilled in Bible verses, warned against contraception, and taught Creationism in science class. Despite a formal complaint from the ACLU, the school board vowed to maintain its practices, saying, "Our history and traditions respect the freedom of religion, not the freedom from religion."
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