Judge orders halt to Bible distribution in school

[rodeodance]

Source: msnbc

Judge orders halt to Bible distribution in school
Eight parents sued two years ago; Liberty Counsel plans to appeal

updated 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

ST. LOUIS - A federal judge has ruled that it's unconstitutional for a school district to allow the distribution of Bibles to grade school students.

For more than three decades, the South Iron School District in Annapolis, Mo., allowed representatives of Gideons International to give away Bibles in fifth-grade classrooms.

Eight parents sued two years ago and won a temporary injunction against the handouts.
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[upi402]

1. 8 brave parents

holding the firewall between theocracy and a republic based on facts and rooted in reality.

[msongs]

2. what will the kiddies use to beat up those little gay boys now? nt

[TrogL]

13. their fists just like they always do

Those little Gideon giveaway bibles wouldn't hurt a flea.

[originalpckelly]

3. I remember I used to love Gideon Bibles...

They skipped better than any of the stones I had in the creek by my house.

:grr: <---Me = burning in hell.

[Purveyor]

5. {{{chuckle}}} n/t

[originalpckelly]

6. I think it was the ugly orange plastic cover!

:spank:

[Blue_Tires]

23. mine was green...my dog chewed it all up

[spag68]

7. Gideons

Good for starting the campfire too.

[progressoid]

17. Yep, they burn really well.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. It's the ultra-thin paper. More surface area per combustible weight. -nt

[daleo]

31. We used ours to play road hockey

It seems silly now, but 13 year old boys will do that sort of thing.

[southerncrone]

4. Those 8 parents are indeed courageous to take this stand in the Bible Belt.

I might add that Catherine Perry is a very brave judge.:patriot:

I wonder if this Liberty Counsel would fight along side groups that handed out the Koran or Hindu or Buddist books for their right to do the same........Nah! B-)

[damntexdem]

28. Bible Belt, or Gideon Garter?

;-)

[southerncrone]

30. LOL

[defendandprotect]

8. What courage to stand up against these religious fanatics --- !!!

Of course, it is as clear to us as it is to them that if they can't "get 'em while they're young" . . . they ain't gonna get 'em.

Organized patriarchal religions also needs the acceptance of government schools to give them
legitimacy ---

Folks, there is no legitimacy in a "god" in the sky --- it's a personal belief system. That's all!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I'm sure their school library has at least one copy of the bible...

if the kids really want to read it.

[Occulus]

11. The library is the ONLY place a bible should be found in a public school

Lockers excepted.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. It's probably been a long time since it was checked out, too.

Most kids who want to read it can find one at home. Those who don't have one at home can check out the one in the library.

The distribution of bibles in the classroom is clearly just another attempt to bully people into a specific sect's idea of Christianity...which is usually not very Christian.

[ProudDad]

10. Good for them!!! (n/t)

[robbedvoter]

12. Soon to be an e-mail for Huckabee voters...We're so close to the edge...

[0007]

14. Praise the Lord! Sanity is on the rise after taking a standing

position after lying, and sitting, and kneeling and playing butt boy to the bible thumpers.

[provis99]

15. giving them in classrooms is a little too far

Personally, I remember two businessmen just handing out those little New Testaments out on the campus paths at Indiana University; didn't bother me at all; even helped myself to one. But if dudes had been handing out the Koran, the Book of Mormon, the Nibelungenlied, whatever, I would have helped myself to those, too! (free is free)

But in class? That's a no-no.

[BR_Parkway]

16. I'm amazed that it took two years in court. Are they that backed up

with other cases or is this normal in the Fed court system?

[boricua79]

18. excellent and totally approved

unless the Bible is been taught as a unit subject of a world civilizations or history course (to be equally balanced with other texts and perspectives), it has no place in schools.

And screw Gideons International for trying to be vultures on our kids!

[geomon666]

20. They used to give them out after school as you walked out of the building.

Circumvents that whole Church and State thing.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

22. Cue the cries of "waah waah we're persecuted!"

[JBoy]

24. Sheesh, the kids can get them from motels

Which is, you know, where they'll immediately run to have sex after learning about sex in health class.

[fascisthunter]

25. Note to Fundies and Republicans: Leave Our Public School System Alone

We know you want to destroy it, defund it, discredit it, and turn it into a conduit for religious fanaticism, but the majority of the country doesn't agree with you.

[Thothmes]

29. The Gideons have been handing out

bibles in public schools since the 50's at least. I got one in the 1959 if I remember right. System has not collapsed yet.

[Acadia Blue]

26. If Christian bibles then why not the Koran, Bahava Gita, and other

World religion texts? I think this judge was intelligent enough to realize that someone might make this argument and it is a sound argument. If you allow one religion why not allow all religions?
I would not want these people to give my child a bible without my permission. When they are 18, its their business, but until then..

[damntexdem]

27. When Gideon checked out, he left it, no doubt, ...

to help with poor Rocky's revival.