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« on: October 11, 2013, 08:36:06 am »

‘That’s Not a Nonfiction Book’: Teacher Rejects Bible as Acceptable for Class Reading Assignment

A Christian legal organization has sent a letter to a school district in California asking that teachers be added to its anti-bullying policy after a middle school teacher rejected the Bible as being as acceptable fulfillment of an assignment to read a nonfiction book.
 
The incident happened at Margarita Middle School in Temecula, California, where a teacher asked students to read a nonfiction book for 30 minutes to an hour that night. The next day, they were to bring their books to class as proof.
 
However, when the teacher walked from desk to desk, checking students for completion of the assignment, he saw that one boy had brought the Bible to class.
 
“The teacher said, ‘That’s not a nonfiction book,’” attorney Bob Tyler of Advocates for Faith and Freedom told Christian News Network. “[The student] said, ‘Well, honestly, I believe it is a nonfiction book. The teacher then said in a sharp tone, ‘Well, I’ll get back to you.’”

Moments later, the teacher walked to the front of the class to poll the other students about the matter.
 
“[H]e went to the front of the classroom and in a very demeaning tone, asked the students, ‘How many of you think the Bible is nonfiction?” Tyler explained. “[He was] expecting that no one would raise their hand and this bully would find favor with all of the students.”
 
However, the table was quickly turned on the teacher.

“Instead, what he found is that all but two kids in the class raised their hand and agreed with our client that the Bible is not nonfiction,” Tyler said. “In an ironic turn of events, the bully teacher in this case was proven not to really have the ability to humiliate our client. Instead, he was the one humiliated.”
 
The teacher later granted the student credit for reading the Bible to fulfill the assignment.
 
However, as the situation concerned the boy’s parents, they contacted Advocates for Faith and Freedom about the matter, who in turn sent a letter to the Temecula Valley Unified School District.
 
“This child was put in a situation he should never have been put in, where basically, he was intimidated by a bully,” Tyler said. “There’s all this conversation about bullies, and this is a circumstance where the real bully is a school teacher.”
 
The letter to the district asked that these types of situations be curtailed, and that the district amend its anti-bullying policy to include teachers.
 
“We want them to amend it so that teacher recognize that they are equally subject to the policy against bullying,” Tyler stated, “because there’s a lot of hostility in public schools these days directed toward Christian students.”
 
“These days, there is no shortage of bullying against Christian students by teachers,” he continued. “If a teacher were to take the same tone and tactic against a homosexual student based on the student’s sexual orientation, the teacher would be subjected to serious and significant discipline. But for some reason, these teachers feel that they have the ability to engage in this type of hostility and attempt to humiliate Christian students.”
 
Tyler said that his organization is actively looking for other cases pertaining to Christian students who have been treated unjustly in the classroom.
 
“I want kids across the nation to realize that hostility and bigotry against students based upon their Christian faith is not only wrong, but it is prohibited by the Constitution,” he stated

http://christiannews.net/2013/10/10/thats-not-a-non-fiction-book-teacher-rejects-bible-as-acceptable-for-class-reading-assignment/
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2013, 02:21:14 pm »

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Tyler said that his organization is actively looking for other cases pertaining to Christian students who have been treated unjustly in the classroom.

I suspect they are. The love of money forces them to, and it causes people to start fires where there should be none. Just more of churchianity trying to force their agenda on the unbelieving world which in the end makes real Christianity look bad.
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2014, 05:40:51 am »

Boy Told to Put Away His Bible, Starts Reciting the First Amendment

A Tennessee boy is receiving legal help after being told he couldn't read his Bible during an after-school program.

"He had pulled his Bible out and he was told to put it away," 9-year-old Austin Grayson's mother, Lisa Koepfgen, told Nashville television station WTVF. "When he was told to put it away, he recited the First Amendment."

"Free country, free religion," Austin told his teacher.

"Apparently they didn't like that," his mother said. "They saw it to be disrespectful."

Koepfgen said the school told her that her son couldn't read religious material because the after school program, REACH, was funded by public money.

The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to defend Austin.

They sent  letter to the Cannon County REACH after-school program that read in part, "Tennessee public school students cannot be denied the right to engage in religious activities."

The ACLU letter requests that the after-school program train its employees on their "obligation under the law" to protect students religious liberties.

It also asks that Austin be allowed to read his Bible during free time and activity time.

"I am so thankful that the law has been clarified," Koepfgen said. "You know not only for REACH, but for everyone this story has touched."

http://www.charismanews.com/us/43444-boy-told-to-put-away-his-bible-starts-reciting-the-first-amendent
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2014, 09:18:10 am »

Honestly, the more I think about it, this whole "reading" program these (secular)schools have just doesn't make any sense.

What else will these secular books do? Build more "knowledge", albeit for nought? Yes, everyone should read things for themselves(and research them back and forth to see if these things are so - instead of just blindly watching some tv news), but on the contrary, is hidden pearls of wisdom in these passages of scripture.
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2014, 05:38:14 am »

Students Bring Bibles to School in Protest After Teacher Tells 15-Year-Old She Can't Read Scripture on Campus

Students at a high school near St. Louis, Mo., reportedly arrived on campus Thursday carrying their Bibles as a form of protest after two students claimed a teacher banned them from reading the Bible while they walked down a school hallway.

The incident began when Angela English, mother of 15-year-old Kiela English, took to Facebook to express her dismay after her daughter was reportedly reprimanded by a teacher at Potosi High School for reading her Bible to herself in a school hallway. Kiela had reportedly been walking down the hallway with a friend, the two of them silently reading a Bible passage and then discussing its content with each other, when a teacher stopped them, telling them they could not be "pushing their religion" while at school.

"A teacher called them over and told them that they had to put it away – that this wasn't the place – that they can't be pushing their religion on people. They weren't pushing religion. They were just discussing it privately," English told the Daily Journal Online.

The girl's mother posted her concern on Facebook, and she says her comments gained a viral following, and soon local media outlets were interviewing her about the incident. It was then that English decided to organize a peaceful protest at her daughter's school on Thursday, encouraging students to bring their Bibles to school to express their religious freedom rights. English was clear in telling students they should not preach the Bible, but rather just walk around campus with the Holy Book in hand.

"We've asked the children to bring the Bibles and carry it, not preach and shove religion in their face but to show they have the right to carry the Bible," the mother told the local KMOV-TV. The mother added to the Daily Journal Online that when she dropped her daughter off at school on Thursday, she saw multiple students holding Bibles on campus.

English was contacted by the principal, who told the mother that of course Kiela was allowed to carry her Bible at school, and if she had any other issues she should contact the principal directly.

Potosi R-3 Superintendent Randy Davis also released a statement to the Daily Journal Online, saying district officials and the administration were "disappointed" that the incident was not first addressed to the school, instead of immediately going to Facebook and then a local news network.

"… as always, we cannot investigate, remediate or correct an issue unless we're aware of it," Davis said.

Davis went on to say that he did not personally witness any protest involving Bibles on Thursday morning. "Everything was in place and if there was a protest I'm not aware of it. I didn't observe it. Along with that fact, we have absolutely no problem with our students bringing their Bible."

"We firmly believe in freedom of religion and practicing their religion, their faith. If students wish to bring their Bible, all students wish to bring their Bible, read it and practice their faith, we would have no concern with that at all. Now that we have talked to the student and the parent, we've taken the information and we're going to investigate a little bit further. It may be a story that could have been taken care of quickly with communication."

http://www.christianpost.com/news/students-bring-bibles-to-school-in-protest-after-teacher-tells-15-year-old-she-cant-read-scripture-on-campus-118181/
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"We've asked the children to bring the Bibles and carry it, not preach and shove religion in their face but to show they have the right to carry the Bible," the mother told the local KMOV-TV. The mother added to the Daily Journal Online that when she dropped her daughter off at school on Thursday, she saw multiple students holding Bibles on campus.

While I understand her concerns - nonetheless I still can't understand why these professing Christian parents would send their children to these state-runned schools?

They can protest all they want - but it still won't change the fact that their children are being indoctrinated with this socialism mindset.
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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2014, 05:25:15 am »

Texas Elementary School Investigating After Teacher Bans Bible from ‘Read to Myself’ Time

Officials at elementary school in Texas have launched an investigation after a teacher allegedly banned a second grader from reading the Bible during ‘Read to Myself’ time.

The Plano-based Christian legal organization Liberty Instiute sent a letter on Monday to the Fairbanks Independent School District and Hamilton Elementary School about the matter after receiving a complaint from the parents of the child. The family is remaining anonymous for fear of retribution.

According to the letter, “a teacher at Hamilton Elementary School prohibited a second-grade student from reading the Bible during ‘read to myself’ time, [stating] that the Bible did not meet the requirements of a ‘Just Right’ book, and that the teacher prohibited the student from bringing a Bible to school again.”

A “Just Right” book is a publication of the student’s choice that is on the child’s level and can be comprehended. The Liberty Institute outlined in its correspondence that if children are allowed to select secular books for “Read to Myself” time, then they should also be permitted to choose religious books as well.

“It is our understanding from other students and other CFISD schools’ published guidelines for ‘Just Right’ books that children are allowed to choose or bring reading material of their choice as long as it fits the ‘Just Right’ criteria,” the letter stated.

“[T]he Bible is clearly an appropriate book,” it continued, in light of the requirement that the book be on the student’s reading level. “The student chose to read the Bible because it is a book of interest. The Bible is suitable because the student can read it, comprehend most of it, and its vocabulary is within the student’s abilities.”

The Liberty Institute requested a response within 30 days in an effort to regain the student’s rights.
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“We expect Cy Fair ISD officials to resolve this unfortunate incident quickly and amicably by informing us that they have addressed this matter with District employees, and by assuring us that this will not happen again,” Michael Berry, Liberty Institute Senior Counsel, wrote in a news release about the matter.

“More than forty years ago, the Supreme Court famously stated that students do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,’” he added. “That means that second graders have the right to read the Bible during ‘read to myself’ time.”

On Wednesday, officials with Cyrpess Fairbanks Independent School District released a statement, advising that it was investigating the matter.

“As a school district, our policies clearly support the First Amendment rights of all students,” it read. “We take any allegation involving the civil liberties of our students seriously and will continue to address all concerns reported.”

As previously reported, an investigation was also recently launched at an elementary school in Florida after a kindergartner alleged that her lunch monitor prohibited her from praying over her food.

http://christiannews.net/2014/04/24/texas-elementary-school-investigating-after-teacher-bans-bible-from-read-to-myself-time/
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“[T]he Bible is clearly an appropriate book,” it continued, in light of the requirement that the book be on the student’s reading level. “The student chose to read the Bible because it is a book of interest. The Bible is suitable because the student can read it, comprehend most of it, and its vocabulary is within the student’s abilities.”

It's been reported that the KJB has a reading level of a 5th grader(while the other perversions have HIGHER LEVEL reading levels) - this student is a second grader.

Don't know what version he's reading, but ASSUMING he's reading the KJB - wouldn't surprise me if the reading level of this bible is LOWER than a 5th grader's. It should be, really, as it's been easier to understand than any other secular book in this world.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2014, 06:14:35 am »

Teacher Tells Student He Can't Read the Bible in Classroom

A Florida schoolteacher humiliated a 12-year-old boy in front of an entire class after she caught him reading the Bible during free reading time.

The teacher at Park Lakes Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale ordered Giovanni Rubeo to pick up the telephone on her desk and call his parents.

As the other students watched, the teacher left a terse message on the family’s answering machine.

“I noticed that he has a book—a religious book—in the classroom,” she said on the recording. “He’s not permitted to read those books in my classroom.”

The Liberty Institute, a legal firm that specializes in religious liberty issues, is now representing the Rubeo family. They are demanding that Giovanni be allowed to read his Bible during free reading time. They also want the school to issue a written apology to the boy.

“This is the most shocking piece of evidence I’ve seen in the 12 years of religious liberty work that I’ve been doing,” says Hiram Sasser, the Liberty Institute’s director of litigation.

I reached out to the superintendent of Broward County Schools as well as the chairman of the school board. Neither returned my messages.

Last Christmas, Giovanni received a Bible from his local church. It quickly became a prized possession and one of his favorite books to read.

“I love reading my Bible any time that I’m allowed to read it,” the boy told me in a telephone conservation.

So that’s why Giovanni brought his Bible to school—to read his Bible during a 90-minute session designated for free reading.

In February and March, the boy’s teacher ordered him to stop reading his Bible. During those instances, the child complied with his teacher’s demands. But when his father discovered what happened, he began investigating and determined the school was violating his son’s constitutional rights.

From that point on, Rubeo told his son that if his teacher or anyone else at the school told him he could not read his Bible during free reading time, he was to politely ask the teacher to call home.

And that’s what happened on April 8. When the children pulled out their books, the teacher immediately targeted Giovanni.

“When I was reading my Bible, she said, ‘Giovanni, what book is that?’ I was a little afraid,” he told me. “She told me to put it on her desk and I said no.”

When Giovanni conveyed his father’s instructions, she ordered him to walk to the front of the class and call home—in front of the entire class. Rubeo was not at home, so the teacher left a message, of which I have a copy.

“I don’t understand why a school would want to keep a child from reading his Bible during free reading time,” Giovanni's father told me. “And I’ve never gotten an answer to that question.”

After he received the teacher’s message, Rubeo contacted the school. He said the principal said she would have to turn the matter over to their legal department. Rubeo then wrote a letter to the school ordering them to cease and desist the harassment of his son.

“This it to give you written notice to stop breaking the law & violating my son Giovanni Rubeo’s constitution first amendment right of free speech and religious expression,” the letter states. “Do NOT tell my son he cannot read his Bible during free reading hours during class or any time when students are allowed to read books of their choice.”

Liberty Institute provided me with a response from Cynthia Dias, the principal of the school.
“Your child is permitted to read the Bible before school, after school and during lunch, in accordance to the law,” the letter states.

This, friends, is what we call parsing words. Notice that the principal avoided the issue. This is about letting a child read a Bible during free reading time.

Sasser says the school violated the boy’s constitutional rights. He also accuses them of viewpoint discrimination, restricting the free exercise of religion and engaging in hostility toward religion.

He cite U.S. Department of Education guidance that allows for students to read their Bibles during noninstructional time. It reads in part, "Students may read their Bibles or other scriptures, say grace before meals, and pray or study religious materials with fellow students during recess, the lunch hour, or other noninstructional time to the same extent that they may engage in nonreligious activities."

“This is a pretty serious situation,” Sasser says. As that audio recording indicates, he says, "There’s a big problem in our public schools."

So this is what it’s come to, folks. Schoolteachers are now publicly shaming boys and girls who read the Bible. Had the kid been reading Fifty Shades of Grey, he probably would’ve been given a gold star.

http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/43730-teacher-tells-student-he-can-t-read-the-bible-in-classroom
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“I noticed that he has a book—a religious book—in the classroom,” she said on the recording. “He’s not permitted to read those books in my classroom.”

During my unsaved days, I hated it when a bible was even 50 feet of me. IOW, didn't want it near my room nor my sight. I'm not surprised this teacher reacted this way.

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The Liberty Institute, a legal firm that specializes in religious liberty issues, is now representing the Rubeo family. They are demanding that Giovanni be allowed to read his Bible during free reading time. They also want the school to issue a written apology to the boy.

This boy's parents need to get him out of the public school system ASAP! The Liberty Institute(which is runned by the Falwells) will NOT help them - as a matter of fact, they will hurt his case even more(as they're playing their side of the Hegelian Dialectic).

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Mat 10:15  Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2014, 04:35:13 am »

Florida Elementary School Decides Bible Acceptable for Free Reading

 The recent case involving a Florida elementary school boy told to put his Bible away during independent reading time is coming to a close; the school has agreed that the Bible is an acceptable book for free reading time reports The Blaze.

Jeremiah Dys, a Liberty Institute attorney represented the child’s family. He said, “We are pleased they are now complying with the law and will allow students to read their Bible during free reading time and within the Accelerated Reader program.”

When the incident occurred, the student, Giovanni Rubeo, was told to put his Bible away and dial his parents’ phone number. The teacher proceeded to leave a message for the student’s father saying, “I noticed that he has a book -- a religious book -- in the classroom. He’s not permitted to read those books in my classroom.”

The school district disagreed with the teacher’s decision to ban the Bible.

Marylin Batista-McNamara, a lawyer for the school district wrote, “With regard to the Accelerated Reader program (AR), if a book is on the AR list (including books of the Bible), a student is free to read such books during AR reading time.”

Dys said that the Liberty Institute is unsure if the teacher will receive a warning or punishment from the school district.

http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/florida-elementary-school-decides-bible-acceptable-for-free-reading.html
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