A public Alabama school has been in the cross-hairs of a potential ACLU lawsuit which claims the school violated the First Amendment when teachers handed out Bibles to students. The school district’s Superintendent, Barry Carroll, is speaking out about the claims, citing them as “inaccurate or false.” The ACLU was apparently notified by the parents of a few students. How they found out is still uncertain; whether the children came home with the Bibles or not. The parents claim the children took a copy of the Bible out of pressure to please their teachers and to fit in.

This isn’t the first time the elementary school has been targeted by the ACLU. They also accuse a fifth grade teacher, Jody Brown, of refusing to teach evolution and instead referring her students to the beliefs of creationism.

The Superintendent says that he spoke to the teachers, one being a librarian, about the alleged incident and they claim that they did no such thing. Carroll explained that Bibles are available at the library as part of their myriad of literature options, as students residing in this particular school’s area are mostly part of a Bible Belt mentality, but according to the teacher’s recount, at no time were Bibles foisted upon the children.

An internal investigation continues as school authorities refer back to the law which encourages separation of church and public schools.

In response to the science teacher who allegedly decided to teach creationism as fact, school officials were less emphatic. The Director of Communication for the Alabama Dept. of Ed., Michael Sibley, said this in an email reported upon by Fox News:

“The Alabama Course of Study deals with Theories of Evolution,” Sibley’s email continued. “Creationism is one of those theories. The Alabama Course of Study presents each of these so that students can draw their own conclusion for themselves.”

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