A school in Chicago has backtracked on its efforts to ban the Bible after the Thomas More Law Center got involved, according to WorldNetDaily.
Here's what happened:
Rhajheem Haymon was silently reading his Bible as his classmates pored over the reading materials of their choice when his substitute teacher informed him that he could not read that particular book in the classroom.
Aware his parents desired that all of the Haymon children read their Bible every day, Rhajheem went home that day and informed them he was no longer allowed to do so.
When Rhajheem's father, Leslie Haymon, followed up with questions to a substitute teacher and other school officials, they confirmed that Rhajheem was not allowed to read the Bible during reading time, as the church and state must remain separate in the classroom.
Given that the school immediately made corrections once they understood the First Amendment, this probably wasn't a case of radical secularism.
However, it IS radical secularism on the part of many that results in this type of misunderstanding. Faith in the public square has been so maligned in the past 50 years that many people naturally assume that it's something to leave behind in the pew when they walk out of church on Sunday morning.
Sad that educators, who teach our children, didn't research this beyond popular perception, though.
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