Tennessee ACLU Issues New Guide On Religion In Schools

ACLU of Tennessee last week sent 137 public school superintendents across the state its new guide: Know Your Rights: Religion in Public Schools – A Guide for Administrators and Teachers. The ACLU's press release also linked to the letter that was part of the mailing to school districts. Packed into the new 4-page guide is the ACLU's interpretition of the state of the law relating to school prayer (in class, at graduation, at sporting events, board meetings and elsewhere), to the pledge of alliegance, distribtuion of Gideon Bibles, equal access rules, holiday celebrations and "See You At the Pole" events.