Some California parents are suing a school district over bring your Bible to school day.
A Huntington Beach, Calif. family has sued its school district alleging it is violating students’ rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion after two brothers were told not to hand out flyers promoting Bring Your Bible to School Day during the school day.
The school district insists it is just following policy.
Brothers Micah, 10, and Nieka Bausch, 8, were told last October they could only hand out the flyers before and after school.
Freedom X, a conservative Christian group based in Los Angeles, filed a federal lawsuit last Monday against the Huntington Beach City School District, alleging the two children were unconstitutionally prohibited from distributing flyers promoting Bring Your Bible to School Day, a day started by Focus on the Family. The day is on the first Thursday of October and encourages students to share their faith.
Bill Becker, Freedom X president and chief counsel said, “Principle [Constance] Polhemus and the Huntington Beach City School District are about to learn a hard lesson in constitutional law. Students, regardless of grade level, have a First Amendment right to express a religious viewpoint to another student, including the right to distribute religious flyers, without fear.”
And finally a correction. We recently ran a story about a supreme court ruling citing it is unconstitutional to be sworn in on something other than a Bible. We’ve learned that the story was incorrect and we regret the error. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”