No More Bibles for the Children
By Rev. Mark H. Creech
Christian Post Guest Columnist
Is it possible that leaders in two North Carolina school districts – in attempting to quash a potential legal battle – have inadvertently removed from their schools a resource that the nation's founders argued was necessary for a proper education?
No more Bibles for the children." In an effort to appease the American Civil Liberties Union, that's what school officials in two counties in North Carolina (Cumberland and Harnett) essentially said to Gideons International recently. (See related article) Before someone complained and the ACLU threatened legal action, the Gideons would simply place the Bibles on a table for students who may choose to pick one up. But not anymore!
Of course, the ACLU is claiming elementary students might interpret the availability of the Bibles by an outside group as an endorsement of religion, which in their estimation would be a violation of the separation of church and state.
America's Founders certainly wouldn't have agreed with that assessment.
Read more of this opinion on The Christian Post.
Is it possible that leaders in two North Carolina school districts – in attempting to quash a potential legal battle – have inadvertently removed from their schools a resource that the nation's founders argued was necessary for a proper education?
No more Bibles for the children." In an effort to appease the American Civil Liberties Union, that's what school officials in two counties in North Carolina (Cumberland and Harnett) essentially said to Gideons International recently. (See related article) Before someone complained and the ACLU threatened legal action, the Gideons would simply place the Bibles on a table for students who may choose to pick one up. But not anymore!
Of course, the ACLU is claiming elementary students might interpret the availability of the Bibles by an outside group as an endorsement of religion, which in their estimation would be a violation of the separation of church and state.
America's Founders certainly wouldn't have agreed with that assessment.
Read more of this opinion on The Christian Post.
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