BIBLE FINDS WAY BACK INTO SCHOOL
A citizens group called World Changers of Florida, Inc., has had to fight to bring the Bible back to school, but thanks to a court decision – and in honor of the President Obama-affirmed “Religious Freedom Day” – is once again distributing thousands of copies of the Scriptures to students in the Sunshine State. For years, World Changers had honored Religious Freedom Day by providing free Bibles to interested students by placing them on tables in Florida schools where they could be voluntarily picked up during non-instructional time. But in 2009, Florida’s Collier County School officials banned World Changers’ Bible distribution, claiming Bibles do not provide educational benefit to the students and violate the so-called separation of church and state. Yet with the help of Liberty Counsel, a federal judge ruled in favor of World Changers, permitting the Bible distributions to begin again. “The First Amendment does not tolerate discrimination against private religious viewpoints because of a mythical wall of separation between church and state,” said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “Equal access means equal access for all viewpoints, including religious viewpoints.” MORE
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