‘Bring Your Bible to School Day’ event at Duval County middle school sparks concern

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A station made connected the LaVilla School of the Arts’ Facebook leafage astir “Bring Your Bible to School Day” is raising concerns, and immoderate person been voicing those concerns connected societal media.

Some parents said that by allowing the event, they consciousness the schoolhouse is making galore students consciousness near out. Some accidental they’ve gone arsenic acold arsenic filing favoritism complaints.

As written connected Bring Your Bible To School Day’s website: “Bring Your Bible to School Day is simply a nationwide, student-led question to work and treasure Scripture arsenic God’s Holy Word, to promote others with the anticipation we person successful Christ Jesus, and to observe our spiritual freedoms successful the United States.”

Sophia Driscoll is simply a sixth people pupil of the school. She said the lawsuit has been promoted for the past week oregon truthful implicit the school’s intercom system.

“I deliberation it’s a bully thing. I don’t person a Bible, and I cognize a batch of radical who besides don’t,” Driscoll said.

The schoolhouse says it’s a nationwide question to observe spiritual state and promote faith.

“They accidental astir 500,000 students person done it, too,” said Natasha Landa, a seventh-grader.

But the thought has sparked a societal media firestorm. Some parents accidental the lawsuit is not inclusive for children of each faiths.

“I bash wonderment astir inclusivity successful those kinds of things. Should everyone person their ain time oregon is it a substance of a teacher who represents that religion and students consciousness they beryllium there,” said Cory Driscoll, whose girl attends the school.

Other parents, similar Carlos Landa -- whose girl besides attends the schoolhouse -- enactment the event.

“I’m OK with it, but astatine the aforesaid clip I respect what different radical deliberation about,” Landa said.

According to Duval County Public Schools, the territory is not hosting the lawsuit and it’s an enactment of a pupil nine astatine Lavilla. In a statement, it said successful part: ”this is simply a bully illustration of protected, First Amendment pupil expression.”

Lianna Knight, the school’s principal, told News4Jax that the station made connected the Facebook leafage was from the nine and not the full school.