Bibles, coloring books and roasries

ORLANDO, Fla. — One Florida school board has been dodging controversy since a satanic group asked for the right to deliver satanic coloring books to students. Now the school board is considering changing its policy on religious material.

“Religious instruction really belongs in the home, not in schools,” said Orange County School Board Chairman Bill Sublette.

Board members say they’re looking into changing a policy regarding the distribution of materials to high school students after a group called the Satanic Temple asked to hand out coloring books.

“The new policy, if it passes, it still needs to go before the board, will prohibit the distribution of any religious materials in our schools,” Sublette said.

The board had allowed religious groups to to leave bibles and booklets for students.

“The process was abused, we tried to have an open forum but it was becoming disruptive to our educational environment,” Sublette said.

A spokesperson for The Satanic Temple released a statement, calling the current policy:
“…a transparent attempt at giving exclusive privilege to an evangelical group. It’s laughable and infuriating at the same time to hear the “World Changers” now crying that an inability to distribute their materials exclusively is discriminatory against them.” — Lucien Greaves, Spokesperson & Co-Founder, The Satanic Temple

Some Christian groups disagree with the decision to change the policy.

“The bible distributions are a good thing. They haven’t caused any problems. But now by creating controversy this group is maybe perhaps getting what it wants,” said Roger Gannam of the Liberty Counsel.
 
Damien's note: Apparently Roger Gannam, who asserts that the bible distribution has not caused any problems, ignores the fact that it is precisely the bible distribution that has created the present conundrum. He seems to think that as long as it is Christian lit, no one has a problem, because everyone who matters is Christian, right?

One wonders, however, if evangelical Christians would be happy if Catholics distributed rosaries along with pamphlets explaining how to use one.  Or if they passed out novenas to  Our Lady of Guadalupe in early December. Or copies of the Baltimore Catechism.