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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear a case in which the parent of a kindergarten student was denied permission to share a Bible story and asked to read a book about witches to his classmates instead.
Donna Busch accepted an invitation to visit her son Wesley's kindergarten classroom at Culbertson Elementary School in Newtown Square, Penn., to read a passage of Wesley's favorite book to his classmates in Oct 2004, according to her lawyer.
Wesley's teacher had invited Busch because the boy was the featured student of "All About Me," a school event to feature a particular student and emphasize that student's personal characteristics, preferences and personality in classroom activities.
The Rutherford Institute is asking the Supreme Court to hear the case.
"They had a week where the child in the kindergarten class could read their favorite book -- and his favorite book was the Bible, and she wanted to read a few passages from the Psalms," said John Whitehead, who is the founder of the institute. "It wasn't anything about Jesus or whatever. It was one of those Psalms that talks about God, but it's not overtly religious."
Busch went to the school on the scheduled day, but ran into a problem upon arriving, Whitehead said. "The principal actually met her at the school door, knew she was coming, and said she couldn't bring the Bible in the school," he says. "But [the principal] said they could go ahead and read from another book, a Halloween book -- which many people consider Halloween a religious holiday because it deals with spirits and ghosts -- but you couldn't read from the Bible."
The case was lost in lower courts. Whitehead said that kind of hostility toward religion should never be found in an American public school.
Contributing sources: OneNewsNow.com and The Rutherford Institute.
More articles by Alex Murashko at LA Church & State Examiner.
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