He expressed that he wants his children to learn about the Bible in school, but that someone who also learned about and practices the Bible should be the instructor. "I want it to be taught by ...

Jerome, said he opposes the Bible reading bill. The people who settled this country were moving away from state-sponsored religion, he said.

A new bill introduced by the Idaho Education Committee seeks to require daily Bible readings in public schools, with the entire Bible read over ten years.