Mom complains about Bibles in her sons school, but local parents have THIS to say to her.... When Jessica Greenes fifth-grade son, Leo, brought home a bible from Cloverleaf Elementary school last Thursday, she was livid. She said her son told her that they were handing them out in class. We were in class, Leo explained. Our teacher said that these people have volunteered to hand out Bibles. I was just shocked the school system would do that. I tried to contact the superintendent, but he has not returned my calls. Apparently, so many parents were upset with her objection to the program, the school had to disable the public post and delete the comments.Some of the last comments read before the post was taken down from the page were, Youre outnumbered here, and I stand by Cloverleaf. What are they afraid of? Apparently Just Christians. They seem to be tolerant of all other religions. Especially radical Muslim extremists who would gladly separate their heads from their bodies for them. SoYoure a Normal Atheist. Ive no problem with that. I do have a problem with the Neurotic Control Freak ones though. Like FFRF. And you are ardipithecus The Koran? Funny!! Thought you were well versed? Why dont you tell me the difference between the old and new testament then? Must be well versed with a racist name like that. In pig Latin I believe that translates to Iggerne Itchre. And you tolerant progressives liberals are such intolerant self centered control freak A. Holes. Its not in the constitution idiot! No, I will be cremated and spread into the pastures of all the beef suppliers for the fast food industry. Then my ashes will be ingested by other minions so I can do my dirty work from my whirlpool bubble bath of acid and bile. I pity you! You lose all rationality when it comes to a fictitious character who is a homoerotic drunken pyschopath at best. Please point out where Im being intolerant. I respect the fact that you dont believe in God which is your right. I just question on why you feel its your right to throw away other peoples property. The First Amendment is directed to the Congress. That is the legislative body of the US govt which writes federal laws. It says nothing to state govt, local govt, school boards, etc. Further, each state is guaranteed a republican form of govt to govern their own affairs. That is why the State of Ohio successfully fought the atheists attack on their state motto, which is a verse in the Bible, With God, all things are possible. I WILL have a blessed day..and even though you dont believe, I hope you have one, too! And you are going to love dancing in the fires of hell. I pity you! Come visit my site and discuss why you believe in a fairytale. Free yourself from being delusional!: www . godisimaginary . com You can even come talk to me live! That is if you arent too chicken to debate ! Uhhh, okay. Pick a version, scripture you would like to discuss. I am actually well versed in the Holy Bible. please visit my site: www . godisimaginary . com Meanwhile, back on planet Earth keep on believing in the mythical man in the sky. Good for you! What was wrong with the old testament? Lol. You nutbags crack me up/ Says the intolerant one.. Thanks for playing! Thats not theft. It is doing the maids job cleaning up the litter/propaganda. You all fear people who dont believe in the mythical man in the sky you believe in Good luck with that argument. Jesus liked getting rammed in the buttocks with other mens ancient dongs. I am pretty sure the whole story was a farse to pass on to simpletons like your parents and their parents, etc The Lord? Listen to you. Do you know how f*king absurd that sounds? You offend only several billion people when you foist The Lord bllsh*t on people that dont believe in that nonsense. Alas, the world needs suckers like you and we thank you immensely for it! Your name means you are a rapist. Pretty cool! You are an Austrelopithicus. Another mythical man in the sky believer. The world was flat too, you know? HAhahahahaha! Clown. Okay looney guy who believes in a mythical man watching over you.. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Cooooocooooo! Nutball. Not lost. I am pretty sure your mythical man in the sky had nothing to do with anything I have done. You must have failed sex ed. It was free and the hotel doesnt charge you if you throw it away. Sometimes, I have used the back pages as rolling papers or azz wipes. The Bible is a racist, sexist, abomination of a fairy tale written by homoerotic psychopaths. NO. Michael Brown was a thug n!gger. He got what he deserved. Doesnt change the fact that you believe in a mythical man in the sky. Cooooocoooooo.. www . godisimaginary . com Have a blessed day! The fact that this was called unconstitutional and illegal shows what kind of idiotic people we are dealing with. Something that seems to be ignored by the leftist libtards when it benefits them is the Constitution. I would not like it, but based on the First Amendment of the Constitution, Musliims could start handing out Qurans at anytime in the United States And Ill bet youre the type who believe Michael Brown was an innocent upstanding citizen and not the dope smoking thug that he really was. Whos the delusional one here? ITS YOU!!! you should be arrested for theft and destroying the Holy Bible! You should be ashamed of yourself if you have a conscience. Amen.. u are just a uniformed confused lost Soul Hope u figure it out some Day before its too late God gave mercy on you my friend and HAVE A NICE DAY Rigger Nitch u are just a uniformed confused lost Soul Hope u figure it out some Day before its too late God gave mercy on you my friend and HAVE A NICE DAY The Constitution only state that there will be no government state religion ! Not that religion be banned from the public sphere ! If you think it isnt truth you are either stupid or ignorant. Ill let you pick which one. This lady needs to drop dead !!! U christians r such a kind, loving bunch. Your choice of a screen name renders you and your opinions irrelevant. Go away. No egg on anyones face but yours. You deluded leftists want things to be a certain way so badly that you think you can will it out of/into existence. You are sick people. me too sharon, ours were red and we got them at school every year they asked if we had one or wanted one nothing pushy, and it was our choice, to take, look, study or kick it to the curb, as a matter of fact thats where our bible study was held in the cafeteria at school three nights a week, and I remember it well, no-one complained or whined or threw a tantrum like they do now, Everything is a choice even to be a crybaby whiner wussy about everything, Buck up little campers find a f**ckin hobby crying is a bad one !!! over 20 and given them away!!!! People fear what they are afraid of!!!!!!!! Ok so freedom of religion is what America stands for right? Freedom in generalso if atheists are threatening to sue a school because bibles were voluntarily handed out, which means the students had a choice to take one or notdoes that mean we can sue the atheists because they are forcing their beliefs on us? Now forcing something on someone is a different story, but if it wasnt mandatory than there is no problem! I am a christian but I respect others who believe in whom ever they believe, I will give my 2 cents into it if need be, but I still will respect whatever you may believe inbut Im not going to try to eliminate something just because I dont believe in it! That is our freedom, that is what makes America America! We deserve a right to our freedom, just as much as everyone else does! That is awesome. you are a moron What if the child and parents were Buddhist or Hindu? Thats a slap in the face to all other religious or non-religious people. Why force religion upon people. Its a calling or a choice, people deserve the right to choose what religion they want to become a part of. Teach them everything. If anyone has seen the movie life of pi you dont have to just choose one god, its your life and you do as you wish with it and its no one elses business how they live it. no it says 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. says NOTHING about keeping religion and government separate No one handed a Bible to the boy. He asked for it. Shove atheism up your ass soldier! I suppose you only joined for the money and not to protect the 1st amendment? dont let these people intimidate you. i have no problem with the gideons , or their mission to hand out bibles. however, since their were minors involved, the school should have probably sent home ( in the very least) a letter informing the parents that this program would be occuring, or permission slips to participate. that would apply to all religious books, manuscripts or tracts including the watchtower and the koran.i dont think the founding fathers ever thought that our country would be so diverse,that we would rip ourselves apart arguing over religious freedoms. Or his fornicating, boozing and shooting dope. Cant stand to see a Bible while indulging in sin. Exceptits not. The First Amendment simply states that the government shall not establish a religion that it would govern by or force people to accept, and that said government shall not stop anyone from the free practice of the religion of their choice, even in public, government buildings. So, how does that egg feel on your face? actually, the Separation of Church and state was to keep Governments nose out of the Churchs business! It was until the First Liberal Supreme court changed and misconstrued it! Remember that MY forefathers (besides my Cherokee forefathers) came here to escape the Governments, aka King Georges interference with the Church members rights to worship in Europe.. Do yourself a favor, open a History book that was written before Liberalism started tearing and falsifying facts Actually idiot they are spreading hate, theyve been spreading hate for years only difference is theyve come out of the closet the last few years and are more open about it, where in the Constitution does it say their to be kept seperate? And it sure as hell doesnt say anywhere in any law that a bible cant be passed out in a public place, bottom line here moron is if you dont want something you dont have to take it, its a personal choice not a government choice, good day. They are not spreading hate you moron! They simply are stating its the law religion and government are to be kept separate by law its in the Constitution! I am not here to argue about the bible. Thats off topic. We have rights in this country. One is freedom of religion. If you know your history you know many original European settlers came here to worship God without an oppressive government telling them how and where. What the constitution never discussed was separation of church and state. Nowhere does it hint at that. So public officials should be allowed to pray in public. We are allowed to pledge allegianceunder God, and we can have bibles handed out at school for those who wish go participate. Nothing is being forced upon us. Well, except for the myth of what is separation of church and state. And the other 1/3 has not been discredited, though there are those who have tried for centuries. With your name alone , you are a coward and a racist.. I wonder what her argument will be if ISIS ever gets ahold of her. Or any Islamist for that matter. Wow, talk about judgmenttell me, why do you have the name Loki? Are you aware that he was considered a god associated with magic and fire? Yet you are a Christian and putting others down who pray for JUSTICE and moving people out of their lives that are not good for them? Same difference. My daughter prayed for the Lord to move all the people out of her life that would hold her back from Him. All the people that were not good for her. So whats the problem with that? You didnt like her choice of words? Do you say everything perfectly? I meanyou DO know that God has this uncanny ability to look into the heart of a person and know what they are really feeling and thinking dont you? God help YOU should your prayers be IMPERFECT! You are one sad piece of work. Although you dont believe it, Jesus died for you too. You really need help. I bet you are one cold hearted person, having no compassion or sympathy, no empathy or moral compass. I hope you arent married or have childrenbecause if you don;t know the Lord, you are incapable of love. Made you should be pro active just take your child out of public schooling altogether, Jessica. Id hate for him to voluntarily bring home another bible to you. Youre nothing more than an antagonistic, media seeker. WHY should the superintendent take time out of their day to deal with YOUR overly sensitive ass WHEN there are legit issues to deal with; yours not being one. As long as were doing clever wordplay here, shouldnt your name be BIGGER Nitch? You are entitled to your own opinion and we are entitled to ours (in spite of you and the FFRF). Supt. Harper should respond to the FFRF and tell them to fold it and stuff it in your broom closet! Im not sure as to the truth of the word. I have faith which means I believe without the need of proof. But if you want it, there is plenty to be found. Two thirds of the Bible can be historically verified. If thats not truth to you, you seriously need to re-evaluate the meaning of the word. After a little research and some speaking legalese Ive determined that what the school did falls within the limits of their jurisdiction. There is NO statement or amendment in the constitution that remotely states that a Bible can not be given away at a public school. On the contrary, this fall under the premiss of RELIGIOUS freedom. The students had a choice to accept or refuse a Bible, there was no collusion only decision. My hats off to the superintendent for allowing this to take place. This Jessica Greene probably thinks Obama is the greatest too. That would explain a lot. I have the one the Gideons handed to my dad as he was boarding a ship to take him to Europe in 1943. The Germans allowed him to keep it after he was captured and put in a POW camp. It is one of my most treasured memories of him. Rigger every word In the new testament is true, try to find any thing in it that is not true if you can read that is when will these atheists learn or understand that it is not freedom from religion it is freedom of religion. and no where in the first does it say the separation of church and stae I just WISH we were free from the freedom from religion foundation, they can go straight to hell with the QUEERS that keep rubbing their sex in everyones faces! Get it through your heads that your rights DO NOT BEGIN where MY rights END! And just who are you to call Christians DUMB ASSES ? I think if you want to look at DUMB ASSES look for the ones that put a MUSLIM in office as the President of this Nation and has brought may Muslims over here and is supporting them in every way. please do everyone a favor and got to one of the hotels and die quietly! you are as dumb as your picture! Please dont reproduce `oh but its ok to let Muslim principals of THEIR religion in our schools,personally i think we should teach them all about all religions,,,INCLUDING CHRISTIANITY AND WICCAN let them be EDUCATED IN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE WHAT THESE RELIGIONS TEACH,,,its stupid to let one be taught and one not,,its an all or nothing thing,,,teach them all or dont teach them any,,,i am betting with FACTS on these religions more will become atheists or nature based religions than any structured religion, I see you are making a play on words in your handle; unfortunately, are not acting like the second word play as there are no riches in your comment, but you sure are living up to the stereotype of the first! Shame on you, you are sad person and we know why . You have made your choice but you dont have the right to keep others from choosing. Ill pray for you! Then you have the right not to read it! Its not unconstitutional to do that ! Why is it that after reading all of the comments every Christian has provided a fact based, non-judgemental, non profane response? Yet the majority of the comments from the atheists are the exact opposite? If you are going to attempt to start something you cannot finish, please read the story and have your facts lined up. As Christians we are armored with the truth, and knowledge of Gods Word. When you guys change your minds, we will be more than happy to welcome you home with open and loving arms. Oh and Merry CHRISTmas ever pay by credit/debit cardthey charge youso how many bibles have you boughtyou big dummyhahaha it was the freedom of religionnot separation. If you dont like the school, please go and find you a mooslime school to go to..knock yourself out!!!! Her son had to go to the library and asked pacifically for the free Bible hand out to get the Bible in the first place so her son must have been interested in learning about God and Gods word so let him make his own decision where his religion lies and stop trying to take his rights away if youre so concerned about peoples rights then let the boy have his he may only be in the fifth grade but he is smart enough and he knows enough to know what he wants to learn about so let him learn it this is America . Your delusional if you think its not, now go back to your mentally challenged atheist group and spread your hate elsewhere and just like the woman said, you are outnumbered. Merry Christmas. Niggar Nitch Boy I Tell You The Holy Word Of God The Bible Has Fools Like You Running Scared Big Time Bro. The Reason Is You Cant Handle The Truth!! Thats the problem with this country, they came here for freedom of religion, and was fought for and established with the words under God. If you idiots dont like it get out and go where you can believe like the muslims. If you dont believe in God you are just as bad as those believe in false one. So just shut up. Hes also a thief. Hes throwing something that doesnt belong to him. What would you gain by throwing the bibles away? Even if you dont actually do it just by boasting about doing it all youre doing is showing people how close minded and intolerant you are. I understand that you dont believe in the bible and its teachings. Thats your choice but it just doesnt mean you are right. Remember the world doesnt revolve around you or your thoughts. And if you think the communist manifesto is truth, you are delusional. Atheists already have freedom from religion so what are they bitching about. I am a Christian and I dont say lets have freedom from Atheists. Bible really means: Book Of Books. What are Atheists afraid of? All roads lead to God, but only one leads to heaven. I feel sad for someone that makes a statement like this without studying the Bible. What do we as a nation expect? We have taken prayer and Bibles out schools, (even at free time, or, is it really free time?), we have taken down crosses which are memorials to the troops that have died over the years for our freedom, we have taken down the Ten Commandments, we buckle to every atheists complaint, we have turned our back on God. What do we expect? Unfortunately, we have banned Bibles and prayer in schools, even at free time. (Is it really free?), We have torn down crosses which stood for the troops that have died for our freedom, we have torn down the Ten Commandments, we buckle every time an atheist complains about a nativity scene, this country has turned its back on God. What are we to expect? During your homosexual encounters, Im sure. Liar. We will see who is delusional when we die. If you end up in front of Jesus Christ on judgement day and he sentences to to an eternity of frying in hell then all I can say is You were warned! Wow. Im saddened what I see in our country today, especially out of the govt, and our schools, and quite a few of our citizens. Our country was founded on Christianity (this is a fact, not a belief). But that by no means says you have to believe in it. But just because you dont, and you have freedom of speech, doesnt mean you should try to limit the rest of us from practicing our beliefs (publicly or privately). If there is something so bad about Christianity that it makes you feel in this manner..by all means, look away; close your eyes, wear ear muffs, or better, just go away, somewhere else. Were not forcing it on you in your home. Not even forcing it on you in public, but Ill be damned if your going to take my rights away because you dont agree with them. He had the option of not picking up the bible, he didnt take that option. Teach your child better, or give him the option of making up his own mind. Dont sue a school (taking time and money away from all of our children) because not everyone will confirm to your back way / mis-informed beliefs. Everyone has to be right, and no one is right unless they believe the way I believe. Is this really the attitude that we are going to stick with? What happened to our society? Oh wait.I already know. Lack of God. But some of you wont believe that, and its fine. If you dont think its truth you Sir are extremely delusional. Loki5308. Its people like you who misread things or only pick out certain parts and dwell on them. Without going back and re reading the sentence, please tell me exactly what was said. Bet you cant can you. That person was neither a friend of mine nor a family member and I said I had made a joke. I did NOT say that he should choke on it. I am neither smug nor hateful for no reason and our prayers have been answered is a often used as a figure of speech. If you believe that handing out bibles is unconstitutional then you obviously have not read our Constitution! A bunch of people lose their sh#%t when it comes to the magical man in the sky. All rational though is thrown out through the teachings of Jesus Christ. Trust me when I say, there are more of us non-Christian/Catholic than you. Congratulations on offending millions of people! I throw away the bibles they leave in hotels. If you are missing one in your room, thank me Truth-hating? If you think the Bible is truth, you are delusional. Funny how the left will wet its pants over this but they are totally fine with making kids study Islamic culture and the Quran. And when people raise THAT issue they are called intolerant. IMAGINE THAT !!!! Maybe you should learn and comprehend what was said. She didnt say she prayed that he would choke on it. Just made a joke that God may make him choke on it. What does not make sense is that if we (as Christians) offer a free, voluntary way to let children read the bible, we get bashed. Charges are brought against us. Yet in the school system, evolution/science is promoted, yet no one bats an eye at something so common. I admit, I am young to be writing on the subject (high school senior), but I see the impending doom that Christians have in society. It is only a matter of time before we repeat the words Paul Harvey eloquently wrote, Our father, who are in Washington. I have faith that somehow the youth in our society and can a change for the better. Jesus saw what we were going through and he blessed us the following March when the Atheist decided (after we quit being his ATM) that he no longer wanted his girlfriend or his child living with him and kicked them out without a cent nor a place to live. The only contact he had was to tell my niece that he wanted to relinquish all parental rights to his now 6 year old child so he wont have to pay child support. Its amazing how people pick up on one little thing that has nothing to do with what was going on in the school and make a big deal out of it. Besides, it was a joke, God was the one who made it happen. I guess God needed a good laugh too. Maybe if more Bibles were handed out in schools, there would be fewer of them handed out in prisons. I think that you must be Atheist. You dont know the entire story behind praying that he would leave. He was never part of the family to begin with as he never married my niece when he got her pregnant at 16. He was a very abusive father to my great nephew and an abuser to my Niece. He was a user so he didnt have to work. These people need to limit their religion to the home or their churches, and out of public school. That goes for any religion, whether it be Christian, Judaism, Islam, or whatever..Keep thy religion to thy self. The bibles werent handed out, they were taken voluntarily by the children that wanted one. No one forced the child to take it. Im a atheist but I dont see a problem with it its voluntary as long as they are not making them take one if my kid wanted to take one and read it I would not care if thats what he wanted that why we live in a free country Maybe if they start handing out more bibles and less condoms, the title wave of cultural decline can be reversed and we can get back to becoming a nation producing young people living with a value system beneficial to the world at large instead of living by the natural instinct of the moment leading mostly to self-pleasure and the destruction of values that doesnt hurt anybody if they are upheld! Clearly he wasnt a member of the family, but an outsider atheist who was trying to force his beliefs on a devout family. He deserved to choke. I too would laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh (well even you should get the picture by now). If he wants to believe in nothing he should stay with those who feel the same way. Oh and eat more carefully!!! I was thinking the same, in fact I know a couple atheists who did just that. They also used to be Obummer supporters. They figured out their bad judgment there too! The WORST part of this is that most of you morons are NO different than shitbag liberals. Listen Rob Adams, I am a conservative for the most part, but I am also an atheist. I served my country for 21 years. I am not oppressive truth hating or anti-Constituional. Your fucking religion has its fucking place-no fucking different than every other religion in the world. Hand a bible to my son at his PUBLIC school and youll get it shoved up you ass. How very predictable . . . a straw man argument, unsupported supposition and childishly laced with profanity and groundless insults. Outstanding job of proving the stereotypes about atheists. Even sadder is that there are at least five others like you. The three page letter from the atheist should be used for toilet paper. Its time they and the ACLU stopped trying to run our lives. Too funny The note is real and taken out of context.the note was NOT in the constitution and never ment to be. The purpose was to support free religion. The past the king dictated who and what God you have to serve. The original poster cited the Federalist papers as its source, and that is not true, at all. If people use that argument, they will lose the bigger argument every time. Like Christine Lee has pointed out, it is important to cite the correct source. No matter when Christ was born, Christmas is the celebration of his birth. Get more logical arguments. The non Christians are. They are handing out bullshit a d the Christians have to give up their traditions and beliefs. So if you stop me from practicing my belief its ok??? Youre pushing your Atheist beliefs on the majority of the people. The Bible does say, Dont be unevenly yoked. If a Christian and a an atheist marry, there will always be tension when it comes to Jesus. So to pray that relationship doesnt work out, is not hatefulness. But it does make good sense. You are talking about a private note he wrote. It is not in the constitution. The sole purpose of the note was to protect the church. And to protect people from past kings ruling with church rules. It is so you can choose to believe or not to believe. No, it is called being tired of getting slammed because liberal tolerance doesnt go both ways Yeah, Im Christian Doesnt mean Im a saint Its best that your son gets a bible now or later in prison , even your courts and most meeting NA, AA is believing in a higher power than yourself so get over it atheist P.O.S. look at that lady that started the atheist movement she stole money and her and her son was found murdered , we followed yalls ways and look how this world is turning the past 20 yrs so screw the atheist go be with ISIS and no leave us Christians alone , dont like our ways move to Syria Fannie you do sound like a nasty soul, I am sure jesus is very impressed by you. I dont observe Treaties and youve changed the subject anyhow. The Constitution is the law of the land. Go back in history a little bit more. Youre missing the point. Our Founding Fathers did not wish to have a Government religion as England has the Anglican Church. When Kings would kill you for being Catholic (or not being Catholic) or anything other than Anglican. Youre changing the subject. No Christian is screaming about other religions in school, per se, Were simply correcting your flawed wishful thinking and letting you know there is NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH and STATE in the Constitution. Your Treaty is a lie. And, we know that Treaties can be harmful and wrong. Our Founding Fathers were not deists. They believed in God and wanted us to worship freely like free men do. No one knows the date of the Birth of Christ. No one has stolen the birth of Christ. We observe it on December 25. When you dont know the exact day, you pick one. We observe Memorial Day, even though our veterans did not all die on that day. We observe Presidents Day when not all our Presidents were born on that day. You seem to confuse Christians (imperfect) with Christ (perfect.) Christians are not Christians because were perfect and sinless. Were human beings who have given our lives to Jesus Christ in a pathetic attempt to live a perfect life like He lived. We make mistakes. He without sin, cast the first stone. Youve lied, youve cheated, youve had lust in your heartyou too are not sinnless and you need Jesus. Its important to have the correct source when debating an issue. Audieho is correct on the source. Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope. YAHWEH LINCOLN PARK MINISTRY, HILO, HAWAII: YAHWEH LINCOLN PARK MINISTRY, HILO, HAWAII: When I entered boot camp for the Navy in 1990, we were issued a Dity bag that contained stuff like razors, mouthwash, toothpaste, etc There was also a brown New Testament from Gideons. I still have it and even carried it with me while in Bosnia in the mid-1990s. Not entirely true. The phrase separation of church and state is from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists. During Washingtons two terms and Adams one term as President under the Constitution, they would frequently make religious proclamations. Thomas Jefferson would often argue that the practice reminded him of something King George would do. When Jefferson ran for President against Adams, Alexander Hamilton, a friend of John Adams, began insinuating that Jefferson was an atheists based on his claims about the religious proclamations and would ban religion if elected. When Jefferson won the election, many religious groups panicked, fearing the worst, so the Danbury Baptists wrote Jefferson to question if he intended to prohibit the free exercise of religion. Jefferson responded back that he believed the Constitution created a separation of church and State that prohibited him from prohibiting their religious exercise. He never once suggested the practice of Adams and Washington violated the First Amendment and it was never meant to restrict the people, even when working for the government. Wow talk about hatefulness. You prayed that your Atheist family member or friend would no longer be part of your family and thought it was funny that he choked on it? Very Christian of you. Also, Christmas and the majority of its traditions are stolen. The birth of christ, according to all of you own religions research, isnt even in December; so go ahead and keep being needlessly smug and hateful for no reason. you religious believers are stupid crazy with your beliefs and what the constitutions has in it about church and state . youd be screaming if some non christian religion was handing out anything. and the founding fathers were specific that no religion was to be supported by the government. The Treaty of Tripoli, states that the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion[25] and was passed unanimously by the Senate and signed by President John Adams. 1st amendment guarantees freedom of speech, means youre going to let Muslims hand out Quran too if Christians hand out bibles dumb asses Good for the good people in this town who STOOD UP to this BULLYINGthats what we need more of we have been bullied into removing so much about Christianity from every area of our lives - its opening the door for a worse thing to take its place its exactly what the radicals want no Christianity and a division amongst AmericansSTAND together the library has many many books some I want to read, others Im not so interested in..you know what? I just dont check out those books.her son evidently was interested in what the book had to saycant fault him for that If I read correctly, the bibles were in the library and were free to anyone who wanted them. Obviously this womans child wanted one or he wouldnt have taken it. Call it the curiosity of a child if nothing else. If she got her nose bent out of shape over a Gideon Bible wonder how her precious Leo is going to react when they dont have Christmas. After all, isnt Christmas about the birth of the Christ Child? As for the Atheists, just go away. Believers outnumber you. Matter of fact, last Christmas we had a self proclaimed Atheist at our family table. We have a custom of passing around Oplatky (from Slovakia) with honey on it. I made a joke that he didnt have to take it because If they were handing out Qurans and you didnt take one, someone might be waiting outside to cut your head off. Im just saying. I can still remember the day the Gideons came to my 4th grade class and gave each of us a tiny white Bible in a box . I still have that little Bible in the original box and will keep it til I die which probably wont be too long because Im 68 and that is still one of my fondest memories from my school days. Well, handing out Bibles is part of our first amendment rights. Heck, even our founding fathers, the ones who actually WROTE the Constitution bought Bibles to be handed our in school. This atheist, as well as countless others, are nothing more than oppressive, truth-hating, insecure, anti-constitutional, and anti-American bigots. Separation of church and state is nowhere in the constitution. That is a remark that is in the federalist papers. It wasnt included in the constitution because it would make it that religion could not be the guiding light to our government and our founding fathers didnt want to inhibit religious influence in government so they wrote in the constitution instead congress shall make no laws establishing a religion, nor prohibit the free exercise there of. They didnt want the government to make you practice any particular religion but they also wanted to guarantee you the freedom to exercise your religion freely publicly and privately. It never limited when or where it could be exercised. 