Ethics

Another Victory in Gideon Bible Case

By Ed Brayton

And it's yet another church/state case from Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana, which has a very long history of doing pretty much anything they can to endorse Christian views and getting beaten in court over it by the ACLU. In this case, the two sides agreed to a consent decree that forbids the school from allowing the distribution of Bibles to elementary school students on school property in the future. You can see the full ruling here.

The consent decree means the school board can't appeal the ruling because they agreed to it in negotiations. The school board also has to pay the attorney's fees for the plaintiffs. The board initially voted to appeal the ruling after the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in April, but apparently came to their senses and agreed to this settlement.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).