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Jewish Parents In Plano, TX Say Students Harassed To Take New Testament

By Howard Friedman

The Plano, Texas School District finds its policy of granting all outside groups equal access to unstaffed distribution tables at schools under attack. Saturday's Dallas Morning News reports that parents of some Jewish students at Vines High School say their children were pressured and taunted by other students to pick up a copy of the Gideons' New Testament. School officials have talked to students about tolerance, but have not disciplined anyone for making comments to the Jewish students such as "if the Bible touched you ... would you burn...?" Some parents have suggested that the schools limit display tables to quieter areas such as the library or classrooms. Others have urged the school to warn them when Christian displays are being set up.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 04, 2008 (boomark / email).