Another Supposed Tale Of Christian Persecution Gets Quickly Debunked

[Heddi]

Those wacky Christians. i guess the kid hasn't gotten to the part about bearing false witness about neighbors in that 'good book' of his

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/another-supposed-tale-christian-persecution-gets-quickly-debunked

Earlier this week, the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri, ran a report alleging that a local middle school student had been told by his teacher that he was not allowed to read his Bible in school during his free time:

The parents of a middle school student are upset because they say a teacher told their 12-year-old son he couldn’t read his favorite book in school, his Bible. The parents say their son’s fundamental rights were violated.

Loyal Grandstaff’s parents say they’re taking a “grand stance” to stand up for their son’s freedom of religion after they say a teacher told their son he couldn’t read his Bible in school.
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“I like to read my Bible because it’s a good book,” Loyal said.
“I was just reading, just reading because I had free time. A time to do what I wanted to, so I just broke it out and read,” he explained.

“I feel like it violated his freedom of religion but also his freedom of speech,” Loyal’s dad, Justin Grandstaff, said.
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Tobin, who declined to go into specific detail when asked why the family alleged that a teacher had banned the 12 year old from reading the book if that story wasn’t accurate, said that going public with the claims was likely “something that [the family] felt like they needed to do at the time.”

When asked how the teacher accused of banning the Bible is faring in light of the attention the situation has been given, the principal added, “There is no teacher involved whatsoever.”

[Warpy]

1. Lying for Jesus

seems to be a common avocation among the truly godly.

It's not just knee jerk horseshit like this, it's all through their anti woman and anti gay boilerplate, not to mention the appalling "abstinence education" curriculum.

They don't even think it's wrong to lie. They're so twisted up in delusion that they think it's a virtue.

[trotsky]

8. "They're so twisted up in delusion that they think it's a virtue."

That's key right there. They *believe* Christians are persecuted, so therefore making up a story is justified because it will help end the persecution.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. I would suggest another book for this little angel....

Pinocchio.

Or is it the parents who need to read that? Apparently we will never know if no one involved is talking.

[Turbineguy]

3. Well it could happen!

It might happen! It's not impossible! Beside, it makes a good story!

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

[olddots]

4. they named thier kid Loyal ???

What goobers .

[Promethean]

5. "There was no teacher involved whatsoever."

Which means another kid picked on him for reading it and his parents threw a fit over it.

[Gelliebeans]

6. Never mind truth

I like the world as I see it in my head
Besides we need our 15 mins of fame since that war on xmas isn't working out as well as we once imagined it.

[AlbertCat]

7. Tit for tat....

My sister got kicked out of an 8th grade English class in 1970 for reading "Catcher in the Rye"... so we're even, right?

(They called my mother in. "Did you know she was reading this?" "Of course. I gave her the book!&quot