I like the concept of teaching kids about some of the basics of a range of religions, without judging the worth or merits of those religions. But I just think the practicalities and sensitivities and in many cases the animosities of it might be too hard to deal with.
It's optional here and most schools don't do it. Mostly, and sadly, because while many religions are represented in the student population, school boards are mostly made up of Christian parents and / or secular parents, and while the christian parents would mostly be very in favour of a bible in schools programme, when another religious group wants to offer a parallel class for kids of that religion the school board then decides to can the religion in schools thing all together, and the secular parents on the boards are more than happy to axe those programmes. Meanwhile possibly a majority of parents in a school would be happy for a religious programme to exist, so long as their religion is included in a non-biased way.
End result and path of least harm is to simply not have any religious classes in public schools.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
