Posted by
Ron on Friday, October 06, 2006 12:12:44 PM
Is this crazy or what?
Amber Mangum
was a frequent reader during lunch breaks at her Prince George's County
middle school, silently soaking up the adventures of Harry Potter and
other tales in the spare minutes before afternoon classes. The habit
was never viewed as a problem -- not, a lawsuit alleges, until the book
she was reading was the Bible.
A
vice principal at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School in Laurel last
month ordered Amber, then 12, to stop reading the Bible or face
punishment, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by Amber's mother. The
lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, alleges that the
vice principal's actions violated the girl's civil rights. Read More
HT: Jerry