School Board Drops Bible Class In Response To Lawsuit

Indy Channel News today reports that in response to an ACLU lawsuit filed earlier this month, the Fairfield, Indiana school district board voted unanimously yesterday to end a Bible class that was offered in the district's New Paris Elementary School.  The suit was filed on behalf of a first-grader and his mother, alleging that the student was left unsupervised in the school hallway during the 20-minute weekly class after his mother opted him out of it. Even though the school board's attorney advised the board that they would clearly lose the federal court lawsuit, 48 people attending the school board meeting urged the board to fight the suit.  One parent told the board: "Anything through God is possible."