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Written by Leah Jones, on 04-02-2009 14:39
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Bible study program in school may no longer be allowed
cwnewz.com - In Huntington County, Indiana, a bible study program called "By the Book" may no longer be allowed to be held on school grounds anymore.

According to a report filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne, U.S. Magistrate Judge is suggesting a bible study program not be allowed to be held on school grounds until court proceedings on a lawsuit involving the program are finished.

The judge's recommendation came as an answer to a motion to suspend the Associated Churches "By the Book" program at Horace Mann Elementary in Huntington. U.S. Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey also suggested the court deny the Huntington County Community School Corporation's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Both parties are being given ten days from official notification of the recommendations to respond before the court makes a final decision.

In November 2008, an unidentified parent filed the suit claiming that the bible study program violates her and her 8-year old son's First Amendment Rights because the school is using tax funded property for private bible-study sessions during school hours.

"By the Book" is a once-a-week, traveling bible-study program. In a public hearing on January 21, attorneys for the school said that the program operates within the law and brings no harm to any child that is not participating.

For more than 50 years the program has visted Huntington schools, and has 97% participation rate. It operates in an unmarked trailer in school parking lots and parents must nsign a consent form for their kids to be allowed to go to the 30-minute study session.

A state statute mandates schools allow 120 minutes of "release time" per week for students to practice their religion.



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