Friday, October 07, 2005

Family Seeks Legal Relief So Son Can Read Bible During Recess

You're kidding right, Agape Press? Apparently not. Just when I thought the U.S. public schools couldn't be a bigger train wreck ... A kid's parents have to hire a lawyer so he can read his Bible?

Favorite line: "The district claims the Bible reading jeopardizes student safety ..."

Family Seeks Legal Relief So Son Can Read Bible During Recess ... quote ...

A federal court has been asked to order a Knoxville, Tennessee, elementary school to stop prohibiting a ten-year-old student from reading his Bible during recess.

Luke Whitson and his parents have filed a motion for preliminary injunction against Knox County School officials, who allegedly threatened to punish the boy for reading his Bible during recess at Karns Elementary School. The district claims the Bible reading jeopardizes student safety and that, because recess is not "free time," they can prohibit Bible reading during that time.