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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsAppeals Court Hears Gideon Case
By Ed Brayton
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals just heard oral argument in yet another case involving the Gideons distributing Bibles in classrooms during school. The appeals court in 2007 upheld a preliminary injunction in the case and now the full case has reached them. Unsurprisingly, the religious right is distorting the case. I especially like this statement from a religious right blog:
In September 2006, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the District to stop the Gideons from providing Bibles to public school students. Federal district Judge Catherine Perry issued an order prohibiting the distribution of any Bible, which she derisively described as an "instrument of religion."Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).
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