Book dispels myth that the Bible is illegal in schools

Book dispels myth that the Bible is illegal in schools

An Oklahoma children's and youth evangelist has written a new book to counter the false claims that the Bible is illegal in public schools.

Bob Heath of Tulsa heads the group Kids for Christ USA. He says the biggest and farthest-reaching lie of the past 44 years is that the Supreme Court decision disallowing mandatory prayer and Bible-reading resulted in the Bible being banned from public schools. He says groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, the media, and even some churches have spun this decision to make people believe the Bible is illegal.

In his new book How Are You Doing That?, Heath talks about how students have every right to establish Bible and Christian clubs in public schools. He says the court's decision makes it very clear that voluntary prayer and Bible-reading are completely legal in public schools.

"I found where [Supreme Court Associate] Justice Tom Clark said that no education should be considered complete without a comparative study of religion," he says. Clark served on the high court from 1949 to 1967. "So clearly, the Supreme Court justices attempted not to remove the Bible from the schools," the author continues. "And then in 1985 of course, the Equal Access Act came into law, and the Bible clubs were allowed, basically saying that if there was a club of any kind in the school, the Bible club could exist."

Heath's book is meant to be the ultimate resource for launching Bible schools in all of America's 60,000 public schools.