I Read the News Today..... October 5, 2006

Can you believe it? Amber Mangum, a seventh grader, was approached by an employee of the D.D. Eisenhower Middle School, in in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and told to stop reading her Bible during her free time at school or face disciplinary actions.

Huh? In the U.S. of A? Sad but true.

What does the U.S. Constitution say?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

It's clear as day. How in the world can anybody say that what she did was unconstitutional?

Well, some responsible attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit in defense of the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Amber. Students are allowed to read religious texts during their free time because it's constitutional.

Hate groups hope otherwise.