Throckmorton all but says--rightly--that this course is blatantly unconstitutional.  And several area parents agree.

(W)hen parents looked at the attached flier and researched the names of the instructors, some became upset.

Critics say the 12-week course that will be taught at the high school amounts to impermissible religious instruction.

"I googled some of the names, some of the groups that are teaching the classes, and of course my assumptions were correct in finding out it was a religion-based class," said parent Jenny Nijak.

A filer for the class, called the Institution of the Constitution, invites parents and students to learn "your godly American heritage and birthright," parents said.

"The fact that we're using public resources for something that is clearly promoting a political and religious agenda that appears to be unconstitutional as well as a waste of taxpayer dollars is unconscionable," said parent David Bowman.

To put this in perspective, most of Springboro is in Warren County, one of the reddest counties in Ohio.  A Democrat has carried it exactly ONCE since the GOP was formed--the LBJ landslide of 1964.  In the last two elections, Warren County has been the GOP candidate's best county in Ohio.

This isn't the first time that the school board has gotten into trouble for trying to push a Christianist agenda.  Just last month, it actually considered adding "creation science" to the curriculum.

Looks like it's past time to put a bug in these clowns' ears.  Email the board at AllBoardofEducationMembers at springboro dot org.  Also, those of you in the area may want to get ahold of the Ohio ACLU.