SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina school district is being sued for offering academic credit for a religious education course. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that Spartanburg District 7 was sued Wednesday by two parents and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Robert Moss and Ellen Tillett and the foundation say the course offered to Spartanburg High School students is unconstitutional. The elective course is offered at a church next to the school. The lawsuit doesn't question the course, but challenges a 2006 South Carolina law that allows academic credit for courses evaluated on secular criteria. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 approved allowing students to leave school for religious instruction. District 7 Superintendent Thomas White would not talk about the lawsuit.
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