Ethics

Jewish Students Harassed Over Bible Distribution

By Ed Brayton

This is why these cases involving the Gideons being allowed to distribute Bibles in elementary schools are important.

Some Plano students who are Jewish say they were pressured or taunted to pick up copies of the New Testament from school display tables during recent weeks.

Their parents have called for changes in district policies that allow outside groups to distribute materials on campus.

"Probably the one I heard the most was, 'If the Bible touched you, like, will you burn or something?' " said Jeffrey Lavine, 16, a sophomore at Vines High School.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 09, 2008 (boomark / email).