There must be the right not to be bibled at [ditto for being koraned, torahed, rigvedaed and so on] against one's will. The least they could have done was to ask for the willing recipients and hand the bibles to them only.
The least they could have done was to ask for the willing recipients and hand the bibles to them only.
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That would seem to be a reasonable approach.
The article says 2 sets of parents were the complainants in this instance. This program had been going on for years it seems.
---Acting on behalf of two sets of parents from the district, the American Civil Liberties Union sued in February in federal court in St. Louis.---
My father has been a Gideon for 41 years. At no time has any child EVER been forced to take a testament. It's totally optional for each child.
In nearly 200 countries, school systems welcome the Gideons and the testaments because it's the only book that many children will ever own. Only in the USA is there a problem with handing it out.
My children could be offered Watchtower, the Koran, a Road Atlas, and I'd want them to bring them home so that we could talk about it!!!
Or simply decided to move the giveaway from the school to the local church lawn, or set-up a stall on Main Street. It's not hard to avoid this sort of thing, people just get pig-headed about it.