[Hoodat]

I suggest you consult the Fourteenth Amendment.

I have.

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

The privilege or immunity in question here is an immunity against Congress' establishment of religion. Again, Congress was not involved. If you take a closer look at Amendment I, you will see that the only right granted is an immunity against Congress.

[Lucky Dog]

I suggest you consult the Fourteenth Amendment.

I have.

Forgive me for being less than specific enough with my suggestion. I should have included a suggested reference to the court cases based upon the Fourteenth Amendment. The rulings on these cases have held that governments at levels are constrained by the same strictures in relation to individual freedoms as those on the Federal Government inclusive of those strictures on Congress except where specific language makes it obvious that such could not apply.

"Freedom of religion" as a principle also implies "freedom from religion" as an individual freedom. While you and I might think that prohibiting the voluntary distribution of bibles by a non-governmental agency on public property is not a violation of the "freedom from religion" principle, courts have obviously disagreed with us.

Given that one of the powers we, as citizens, have ceded through the Constitution to governments at various levels is coercive, dispute resolution in the courts, we must accept their decrees after appeals have upheld them.