That’s just impractical and to be perfectly honest I don’t believe you when you have no objection to passing out NABLA literature, condoms, free firecrackers, korans, Mao’s little red book, Democratic literature, etc., etc. Children are in school to learn the 3 R’s. We don’t need to open up the place to anything anybody wants to do as long as it isn’t done with tax money. Your argument is unworkable.
And you'd be wrong (well, no firecrackers---those aren't idea-generating materials).
"Children are in school to learn the 3 R’s. We don’t need to open up the place to anything anybody wants to do as long as it isn’t done with tax money.
That may have been true, once upon a time--it is no longer so. The schools themselves have become "organs of liberal propaganda"---WITH taxpayer funding. I'd rather see a level playing field for all ideas.
"Your argument is unworkable."
Wrong--it's perfectly workable. Costs zero.
I also would not mind someone handing out the Koran to those who want one, or any other classical work. A lot of kids who are reluctant readers would try to struggle through Mao, or the Koran, just because they are different, and that would help with the three Rs. Far more would take a Bible and eventually read it than would take any of what I consider the lesser works. I consider that a big win for America.
As for the pervert lobby (NAMBLA, Hillary's "It Takes a Village to Brainwash a Child", etc), I see no inconsistency in banning their filth while permitting classical religious works and other writings of historical importance. As for the question of the 1st Amendment, permitting the distribution of religious literature in school in no way constitutes a state establishment of religion in the sense of the Church of England or the Lutheran Church in Germany. It is a good thing on those rare occasions when the schools stand up for the actual meaning of the First Amendment and explain to our students why the ACLU's anti-freedom message is a dishonest interpretation of our basic rights.