"...followed by a brisk mauling."

Ginger Strivelli,from Weaverville, NC, was slightly perturbed when her twelve-year-old son brought a Bible home from his public school. She spoke to the school’s principal, who said that for years, Gideon’s International had dropped off copies of the Bible that were given out to interested students. When Ginger seemed upset, possibly because of a little something called “separation of Church and State,” the principal assured her that, as is allowed/required by the First Amendment, the school would hand out donated texts from any religion. Ginger went home, mollified. And promptly returned with a stack of books to donate. Spell books. Because Ginger Strivelli is pagan, and a practicing witch.

Now, as alluded to previously, the First Amendment allows schools two choices with regards to religious texts. The school can either hand out donations of ANY specific religion, or, it can choose to deny religious donations and thus hand out NO books. But it has to be one of the other, you see? Otherwise the school is technically advocating a particular religion, and that’s frowned upon by our supposedly secular government. Now, since the school has ALREADY passed out the Gideon’s Bible, they’re required to accept donations of any other religion as well. So Ginger returned to the school, arms heavy with some of her favorite Wiccan texts to give out. The principal, probably with a slightly strained smile, took a look at Ginger’s donation. And turned her away.

Now, beyond the issue of fairness, legal experts generally agree that the First Amendment, applied to this particular situation, requires that since some religious materials were accepted by the school, all should be. Applied, in fact, the First Amendment indicates that to turn away some religious donations in favor of others is illigal.

The Weaverville school board has announced that it is reviewing its policies in regards to this incident, and while doing so will not be able to accept any donations of the kind.

“1. Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias

2. Not Emasculated: avoiding unisex, “gender inclusive” language, and other modern emasculation of Christianity
3. Not Dumbed Down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity; the NIV is written at only the 7th grade level[3]
4. Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms: using powerful new conservative terms as they develop;[4] defective translations use the word “comrade” three times as often as “volunteer”; similarly, updating words which have a change in meaning, such as “word”, “peace”, and “miracle”.
5. Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction by using modern terms for it, such as “gamble” rather than “cast lots”;[5] using modern political terms, such as “register” rather than “enroll” for the census
6. Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil.
7. Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning
8. Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages: excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the adulteress story
9. Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples: crediting open-mindedness, often found in youngsters like the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels
10. Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word “Lord” rather than “Jehovah” or “Yahweh” or “Lord God.” “

They’re rewriting the Bible to get rid of opposing viewpoints, to give credit to tolerance?