AU warns Pa. school to halt Bible handouts. (People & Events).Americans United has warned a public school district in central Pennsylvania to stop allowing Gideons to distribute Bibles to students. Jay Nixon Jeremiah W. "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. He has served as Missouri's Attorney General since 1993, and is the only person in Missouri history to have been elected to this position for four terms. , a public school guidance counselor guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters , contacted the organization in late March after his son came home from school with a New Testament. Nixon's son told him that the principal had summoned all the fifth and sixth graders into the auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. for an assembly, where they were given New Testaments by a local insurance agent who is active in the Gideons, an evangelical Christian organization that distributes Bibles to the public. Nixon, a member of the Americans United National Advisory Council, called Superintendent Roy Antolick of the Millville Area School District the next day. Antolick confirmed that the Gideons had distributed Bibles in the school, said it happens annually and stated that he did not believe it was a violation of the law. On March 25, AU Legal Director Ayesha Khan khan Historically, the ruler or monarch of a Mongol tribe. Early on a distinction was made between the title of khan and that of khakan, or “great khan.” Later the term khan was adopted by the Seljuq and Khwarezm-Shah dynasties as a title for the highest and Attorney Fellow Allison Pierce sent a letter to Antolick to inform him of the law concerning Bible distribution in public schools. "We are writing to advise you that permitting the distribution of Bibles on school property is grossly unconstitutional unconstitutional adj. referring to a statute, governmental conduct, court decision or private contract (such as a covenant which purports to limit transfer of real property only to Caucasians) which violate one or more provisions of the U. S. Constitution. " the AU staffers observed, "and to ask that you refrain from allowing such distributions in the future." |
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