Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
A Missouri middle school student has been banned from reading his Bible during free class time.
Loyal Grandstaff, 12, attends Bueker Middle School in Marshall, Missouri. Last month, he was reading his Bible quietly to himself during free time in class when his teacher confronted him.
“I was just reading,” he told local television station WDAF. “I was reading because I had free time. I had time to do what I wanted to, so I just broke it out and read. … I like to read my Bible because it’s a good book.”
“He doesn’t want me reading it in his class because he doesn’t believe in it,” Grandstaff said.
The boy’s father said that the teacher is violating his child’s rights.
“I feel like it violated his freedom of religion but also his freedom of speech,” Justin Grandstaff told reporters. “There’s kids walking around disrespecting their teachers, kids walking around cussing and everything else, and they’re practically getting into no trouble at all.”
Principal Lance Tobin said that he will be investigating the matter because “Bibles are not banned on campus.”
such a time we live in.Saddens my heart that a sweet 12 yr. old boy wasn’t allowed to read what he wanted during free time.Be strong Loyal Jesus loves you so very much!
If true, the teacher should be banned.
Good for Justin Grandstaff, his Son can not do it alone! Good job. Hope this does not scare Loyal away from the Bible! Shame on that teacher, his way or the highway does not work except at his own home and then . . . I wonder. . .