Parents Call Out NJ School for ‘Double-Standard’ When it Comes to Issues of Faith in the Classroom

A New Jersey middle school refuses to allow the Bible in the classroom but is perfectly fine with teaching Islam to its students. Nancy Gayers’ son was just trying to get his classmates to donate to a good cause when he was shut down for “proselytizing” Christianity. Gayers presented a PowerPoint to his fourth grade class advertising his attempts to collect

gloves and harts for poor children. Everything was fine until he showed a slide that included a Bible verse on it. His teacher immediately stopped the presentation, and said it “belongs in Sunday school, not the classroom.” The Bible verse he cited was from Proverbs 19:17, “Caring for the poor is lending to the Lord, and you will be well repaid.” READ MORE