Wednesday, November 28, 2007

North Carolina school district urged not to ban Bible distribution

A public-interest law firm that specializes in First Amendment and religious free-speech cases has sent a letter to the school district in Cumberland County, North Carolina, advising its superintendent that the district didn't have to implement a new policy that bans community groups from leaving Bibles outside its elementary school campuses.

A recent report from Associated Press detailed the district's decision to ban the distribution after a claim made by the American Civil Liberties Union that allowing the Bibles violates the U.S. Constitution. According to that report, the ACLU states that "impressionable young students" would tend to think the school was promoting the Bible by providing copies to them.

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