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Family suing to end Bible classes asks judge to rule without trial

By Bill Poovey, Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA - An East Tennessee family suing to stop Bible classes in the public elementary schools of Dayton, the town made famous by the "Scopes Monkey Trial," asked a federal judge Tuesday to make a ruling without a trial.
U.S. District Judge R. Allen Edgar said following a one-hour hearing that he would decide on the request for summary judgment before a scheduled Feb. 19 trial.

The suing family is identified in court records only as Rhea County residents with children who have been subjected to the "Bible Education Ministry" program taught in elementary schools. They are plaintiffs along with Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation Inc.

Here's the most pernicious part of the case --"Evans [attorney for the school board] said the family should disclose their identity and tell the judge how their children have been harmed by attending the Bible classes." He doesn't want the family disclosed so they can be ostracized and intimidated. Of course not.

Click here for the Freedom from Religion Foundation.