In a fitting preview for the debate to come later today, the State Board of Education opened its meeting with a prayer from member Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond, who used the opportunity to lay out her views that the Bill of Rights and the constitutional founding of America were divinely inspired by her Lord Jesus Christ.

After a 15-hour meeting Thursday, marked by bitter bickering, the board is expected to give final approval today to its controversial social studies standards, but not before board conservatives take up one last cherished goal: To throw cold water on the separation of church and ...

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