What do you think of this situation regarding the Bible in school coursework?

We’ve been having a lively discussion in this thread on the topic of bibles in schools and it reminded me of a high school English class I took.

In this class, we read a lot of classic literature. One of the works we had to read from was the King James Bible. We read psalm 23 and The Parable of the Prodigal Son and I think one other passage, but I can’t remember which. We did not read from any other religious texts in the class.

I imagine that accomodations would have been made for students who objected to reading the bible in school, but nobody complained so I can’t tell you exactly what would have happened.

In the other thread, many people are of the opinion that handing out bibles in school isn’t so bad because children are not forced to accept the bibles. But how do you feel about biblical passages being part of the coursework in an English class?