Someone must have forgotten that the Bible was integral in education for a long time. It was even used to learn how to read. Today, officials see no value period in the Bible either for history, integrity or morality.
If one remembers they Congress also authorized the printing of Bibles knowing that such an act didn’t promote one religion over another. Of all the religious documents to have been published the character that was promoted was beneficial to the nation as a whole. Obviously this is no longer true.
Fort Myers, FL – Today Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit to overturn a recent ban on distributing Bibles on the public school campuses of Collier County, Florida. For years, the school board allowed World Changers to distribute free Bibles to interested students during off-school hours on Religious Freedom Day, but now the school officials claim that Bibles do not provide any educational benefit to the students and the distribution should stop.
via Florida School Tries to Ban Bibles on Religious Freedom Day- The Crosstalk Blog.
The Collier County School District policy specifically allows the distribution of literature by nonprofit organizations, but only with the approval of the superintendent and the Community Request Committee, whose members are appointed by the superintendent. Approval was denied to World Changers, despite the fact that its distribution included a disclaimer of any school endorsement or sponsorship and that receiving a Bible was purely voluntary. The district, nevertheless, censored World Changers’ message simply because it included the Bible.
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