LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Public school officials in Wilson County, Tennessee, have agreed to stop distributing Bibles to students during the school day on school grounds.
The settlement comes after the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to sue the district.
The ACLU said in a news release that a fifth-grade student was taken into the gym with her classmates and that the principal introduced the children to representatives of The Gideons International.
The release says the girl's teacher then called each row of students forward to receive a Bible and told them taking a Bible was not mandatory, but the girl took one because she feared being ostracized.
In the settlement, school board members acknowledge that distributing Bibles to students at school has been declared unconstitutional.
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LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) - Public school officials in Wilson County, Tennessee, have agreed to stop distributing Bibles to students during the school day on school grounds.
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Published: January 06, 2010
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