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Texas School Lets Gideons Give Bibles to Students

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FOX: Some parents in Frisco, Texas, are fuming because their public school district allowed Christian evangelists to provide Bibles to students on school grounds, which administrators say was done to stop even more proselytizing outside the schools.

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Frisco Independent Schools allowed Gideons International to display Bibles on tabletops in all 13 of the district's middle and high schools last week. Officials say it didn't violate the law, but some parents say school is not the place to be offering the Good Book.

"I was never notified by the schools that they were going to allow this. I was a little shocked," said Debbie Lutz, a mother with three children who attend schools in Frisco, about 20 miles north of Dallas.

Michael Baier, who has a son at Frisco's Lakeland High School, said that religious groups should not be allowed to offer their teachings on campus.

"If they're God-fearing Christians ... they should be giving those items wherever they worship. School is a place to learn, not a place to worship," Baier told FOXNews.com.

Lutz said she wants the freedom to raise her children as she sees fit -- and without the interference of religious groups. She told FOXNews.com she worried that allowing one group to offer Bibles in the school would open the floodgates to any groups who want to reach students on school grounds.

"It does open the door for other people to have the right to hand out other stuff. And I think that's not a good door to open."

School administrators say that door was opened because the Gideons used to stand on public sidewalks near the schools and distribute Bibles to students as they went home.

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1 comments so far | Post a comment now
Just Me May 19, 2009, 9:02 PM

Well, I tend to think that it’s not such a big deal, but only because of what it is. If a child didn’t want to pick it up, then they wouldn’t.

But, I also agree with the parent that pointed out that it opens that door for others to pass out their beliefs.

I can’t say I would feel as “ok” with it, if it were articles from the religions or anti-religious groups that I do not support.


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