Missouri Public School Must Stop Distribution of Bibles To Fifth-Graders, AU Tells Court

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has issued this press release that begins:

A Missouri public school must end its policy of allowing an evangelical Christian group to distribute Bibles to fifth-graders on school property during school hours, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a federal appellate court.

In a friend-of-the court brief filed with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Americans United insists that school-sanctioned distribution of religious materials to students violates the constitutional separation of church and state.