Posted on 08/31/2007 3:30:43 AM PDT by Man50D
A court decision that opens the doors of Culbertson Elementary School in Pennsylvania to books about witches – but rejects the Bible as being too "proselytizing" – is being challenged.
The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund has submitted amicus briefs in a lawsuit filed when a kindergarten student, under an assignment in which parents were invited to read their child's favorite book, was denied permission to have his mother read a Bible story.
A decision in U.S. District Court that sided with the school's decision to ban the Bible reading, while allowing teachers to suggest reading books about "witches and Halloween," effectively "sounds the death knell for religious freedom in public schools," the ADF argues.
"By transmuting private religious speech into government speech, granting school officials carte blanche authority to determine what religious speech is 'too religious,' and holding that a school's desire to avoid a perceived Establishment Clause violation justifies viewpoint discrimination, the lower court's opinion permits a blatant violation of the Constitution," the group said.
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If He doesn't, I know we deserve every bit of His harsh judgement.
So now we can’t say the Bible is our favorite book in public schools. Ack.
Separation of school and state BUMP!
If he doesn't then he owes an apology to the ancient city of Sodom.
INTREP
I imagine the Koran would be fine though.
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