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Loud Bible Reading On Bus Violates System's Rules

By Howard Friedman

Yesterday's Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram reports on a Dec. 29 incident on the Ft. Worth bus system. Christine Lutz, a Seventh-day Adventist, was asked to get off the bus after she disrupted passengers by reading the Bible loudly to her children. Lutz ignored the request and rode to her destination. In a letter to the Ft. Worth Transportation Authority, Liberty Legal Institute has asked the Authority to distribute a policy letter to employees making it clear that passengers are permitted to read the Bible in a normal conversational voice. The Authority has posted an explanation on its website, stating: "It was not what she was reading, it was the very loud and disruptive volume" that led to the bus driver calling a supervisor to enforce the rule against loud and disruptive behavior.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on January 13, 2008 (boomark / email).