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Mat Staver Posted On Sat, Jun 4, 2016


An elementary school principal and a local sheriff teamed in an attempt to deprive a 7 year-old boy of his constitutional rights. That's when Liberty Counsel responded. Please see my message below – Mat.


Don,

Imagine a knock on your door and a uniformed sheriff is there to deliver a message to your 7 year-old child: "Stop handing out Bible verses at school. Someone might get offended." This scene was a recent reality for one family.

The situation started with an encouraging note and Bible verse from mom Christina Zavala, tucked into a packed lunch for her little boy ("C"). The seven-year-old boy read the note and verse, and showed them to his friends during lunchtime at school.

Mrs. Zavala's daily note for her son soon turned into an expectation by the other children during lunch, who excitedly begged C for copies of the notes. Soon the verses turned to Bible stories. However, when one little girl said, "teacher - this is the most beautiful story I've ever seen," the teacher responded with an admonition about the so-called "separation of church and state" and the notes were banned from lunchtime distribution.

Soon C was told that the school gate was the only location at which he could give the Bible verses to his friends, and only after the bell rang.

Mrs. Zavala wrote the school to correct its misinformation, but the only response was that C was reprimanded again, in front of the whole class, and again told to stop talking about religion or sharing his mother's notes. C returned home in tears.

The ban was then expanded by Principal Melanie Pagliaro, who demanded that C only hand out the notes on a public sidewalk, far from the exit, off school property. The family immediately complied.

Later that day, however, a Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff knocked at the door of C's home, demanding that C's note sharing cease altogether because "someone might be offended."

C's family then asked Liberty Counsel to help protect their child's constitutional freedoms.

Liberty Counsel has demanded that Desert Rose Elementary School in Palmdale, CA, (California, Surprise! Don D.) correct an outrageous violation of a first grader's constitutional rights.

Horatio "Harry" Mihet, Esq., Vice President of Legal Affairs & Chief Litigation Counsel of Liberty Counsel, said, "This is a clear, gross violation of the rights of a child. That the school district enlisted a police officer to intimidate C and his family makes this case even more outrageous. I would expect something like this to happen in Communist Romania, where I went to elementary school, but cops don't bully 7-year-olds who want to talk about Jesus in the Land of the Free."

Here is the liberating truth: American's rights are not left at the schoolhouse door!

+ + Liberty Counsel has been called upon to handle hundreds of these cases over the years.

These days, legal cases on similar issues emerge in public schools every year. Instigated by ultra liberal activists, pro-homosexual radicals, and anti-religious organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), such cases arise from the bullying of school systems, teachers, educators, and parents. The situation in our public schools has devolved to the point that it is difficult to believe what is taking place.

Don, although many such cases are handled with a demand letter and don't garner media attention, Liberty Counsel's role in supporting religious liberty in the commencement ceremonies and classrooms is vitally important in supporting tomorrow's Christian leaders in the public square.

We MUST fight with all our strength to defend and restore our precious, God-given liberties in this nation! We simply can not accept the systematic destruction of religious freedom in America. You empower us to stand in defense of the principled, Christian young people who are the emerging leaders of the next generation!

God bless you,

Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

P.S. As a nation of constitutionally-protected citizens, we are long overdue in demanding that our fundamental liberties be fully honored in government-controlled public schools – and in stopping the Orwellian tactics radicals are using to undermine our values in tax-funded classrooms! Liberty Counsel is on the forefront of protecting the rights of students, educators, and administrators from the misguided assaults and bullying of those attempting to remove any semblance of Christianity from America's public school systems.


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