3rd Circuit: Parent Can't Read Bible to Son's Public School Class

[Brownstein, Alan]

Shameless plug. I have recently published an unreasonably long article addressing the general issue of student (and parent) free speech rights in school sponsored activities which discusses the District Court's opinion in this case.  The article is "The Nonforum as a First Amendment Category: Bringing Order Out of the Chaos of Free Speech Cases Involving School-Sponsored Activities," 42 UC Davis L. Rev. 717 (2009).

Alan Brownstein

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The Legal Intelligencer

In battles over prayer in school, the cutting-edge cases are coming from kindergarten classes. In one such case, the 3rd Circuit rejected the First Amendment claims of a student's mother who sued after not being allowed to read verses from the Bible -- which she said was her son's favorite book -- during an "All About Me" program. Writing for the court, Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica said parents "may reasonably expect their children will not become captive audiences to an adult's reading of religious texts."



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