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Florida school district bans Bibles on Religious Freedom Day |
2010-07-03 |
Maitland-based Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit Thursday to overturn a ban on Bible distribution on public school campuses in Collier County. According to the Liberty Counsel, the Collier County School Board allowed World Changers to distribute free Bibles to 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. 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. "How sad that on the eve of Independence Day, when we celebrate the religious and political freedom our forefathers won for us at the cost of much blood and great sacrifice, we are compelled to sue to protect the right simply to make free Bibles available to students in public schools," said Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel founder. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 sorry I was thinking he was a dumbshit but I didn't want too hurt any feelings. |
Posted by: chris 2010-07-03 12:08 |
#5 What Barbara said!!! |
Posted by: WolfDog 2010-07-03 11:48 |
#4 "Mr. Bill do you think Short version, chris. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-07-03 11:11 |
#3 Mr. Bill do you think if they would have been handing out Qurans they would have stopped them? |
Posted by: chris 2010-07-03 10:32 |
#2 When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed Brought to you this Independence Day by |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-07-03 09:14 |
#1 Silliness and overblown. It makes it seem like you can't get a bible from any where but the school. |
Posted by: Mr. Bill 2010-07-03 03:32 |