Is it illegal to pass out Bibles in a school?

[reddogs]

One school in Louisiana has been told that they cannot allowed anyone to give away Bibles. Even though the Bibles weren't handed out during class and no one was forced to take one a court ruling has stated that it violates separation of church and state.

The school feels they did nothing illegal. Just what did our forefathers mean by separation of church and state? Some say it means that the state can't run the church, the very reason why the pilgrims came to the New World to begin with. Others say it means that the church can't run the state something akin to the Middle Ages when the Catholic Church was the government. Still others say that it means both, neither can control the other and never the twain shall meet.

Do you think its illegal to pass out Bibles to those who pass by?



".... federal judge ordered a public school system to stop allowing in-school Bible giveaways, saying the practice violates the First Amendment separation of church and state.

"Distribution of Bibles is a religious activity without a secular purpose" and amounts to school board promotion of Christianity, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier ruled in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_re_us/school_bibles

[TrustAndObey]

Here's what gripes me to no end....

They CAN hand out condoms in schools.

Our President CAN have "private talks" with the Pope in our White House.

But you hand out a FREE Bible that people have the choice to read or not....and BAM.

[mva1985]

Please remember that it does NOT say in the constitution anything about separation of church and state. Period.

What it does say is:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

[mva1985]

If kids want to pray over their food or read a Bible it is perfectly legal - regardless of what Administrators say!

[honorthesabbath]

MVA--it's just another attack not only against the Spirit of Truth, but our Constitutional rights as well.

[mva1985]

MVA--it's just another attack not only against the Spirit of Truth, but our Constitutional rights as well.
It is a smack. I say that the people stand on the easement of the property and pass them out and see what happens.

[reddogs]

It is a smack. I say that the people stand on the easement of the property and pass them out and see what happens.

A little known rule is that if a policeman tells you to move, you have to do as he says or face the consequences....So unless they bring a lawyer to watch were they stand, sit, rest and eat their meals and spit or drop gum, etc... I am sure the police will find something to arrest you for....