“Our district respects all religious beliefs and the constitutional rights of every student,” said Herington school Superintendent Ron Wilson. “We will no longer allow distribution of religious materials.”

Yay for the Humanists!

Wow what is wrong with handing out bibles in public school? Everything.

Here in Kentucky, the governor just signed a bill making it perfectly legal to teach the bible in our public schools. It isn't mandatory teaching but is being made available as an elective for students to take if they wish. Even so, it still pisses me off. Good for that Superintendent!

Some states, especially those in the south want to play the old "states rights" battle again. Our national Constitution beats (I refuse to use the word "trump" for anything remotely resembling positive) the individual states constitutions. FFRF is on the forefront of this battle and the Humanists are taking an example from them and starting to also go after these religious zealots.

If you want to see something scary go to the FFRF site and look at the Black Collar crime log.

Also, one little known fact is that the Jehovah's Witnesses are also against prayer and bibles in the schools. This goes against their beliefs and their bible (despite what some say there are more than one bible).

Give them bibles. And Quran. And Bhagavad Gita. And I ching. And Torah. And whatever else I've missed. All on the same shelf. For free. During class time. Let them take or not, whatever they want. Promote them all equally or not all all. Or give them nothing.

They're all historically important and the more they consume, (critically, not blindly), compare and contrast the better off they'll be. Better to encounter religion in an academic setting (where the idea is to explore and understand in context, as opposed to swallow whole), as a subject like any other, than to solely encounter it "in the wild", so to speak.

Only one religion's texts? No no no no no. Arms races between opposing groupsto pass out texts//tract s/coloring bookss/fliers/etc? No. Ignoring religion altogether? No.

Do I expect to see any significant shifts in these attitudes in my lifetime? HECK NO.

Religious people always take it personally and it's not personal. Schools and government buildings have to be neutral ground, it's the only way to be fair to everybody. It's part of the freedom of religion, no body's religion in schools or gov't buildings.

Both the Herington superintendent and elementary principal should be removed from office for constitutionally forbidden activity.

This shows how the culture of Kansas has regressed over the past 25 - 30 years under the morally bankrupt and aggressively "Christian" leadership of Brownbach and Kobach. As he head of an educational service center serving 12 rural districts in Kansas from 1977 - 87, I worked with the Herington district. I can say without doubt that such illegal action would NOT have occurred at that time in Herington.

I will taket few of those Bibles.... to get free toilet paper

No book should be banned unless it is promoting deadly things. Talk to your kids. Keep them up on truth and help them be critical thinkers.