Legislators Consider Measures To Promote 'Religious Heritage'

Come next fall, students in California will be required to read the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and George Washington's farewell address.

In Utah, a law passed last year guarantees that public schools may display those documents in classrooms and other areas and provides that "there shall be no content-based censorship of American history and heritage documents ... due to their religious and/or cultural nature."

Never mind that California, Utah, and most other states already require students...