Seems a simple case of people gone nuts again. Almost as nuts as the Christians who are trying to ban the book because it is anti-Christian due to the use of magic and witches and such. I guess their theory is that allowing it to be read is establishing religion -- by exposing kids to something other than what they are taught at home.
Steve On 11/8/05, Rick Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here is an excerpt from an ADF Press Release on an interesting case > concerning an attempt by Americans United to censor a public school reading > contest concerning The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Any thoughts? > --Rick Duncan > > ADF to stand by any schools threatened for participating in Florida > governor's Narnia contestMonday, November 07, 2005, 10:45 AM (MST) > ADF Media Relations | 480-444-0020 > > > ________________________________ > > > > > Comments > > > > > SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will > offer free legal representation to any Florida schools threatened with > lawsuits for participating in the governor's reading contest involving The > Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. > > On Oct. 20, Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued a > press release condemning Gov. Jeb Bush's "Just Read, Florida!" campaign, > which this year encourages public school students to read the Lewis novel in > conjunction with the release of the Disney movie based on the book Dec. 9. > AUSCS claims this year's campaign is designed "to promote a religious > story." > > _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
