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Middle, High School Students To Receive Satanic Books From School

Many are horrified that a middle and high school district in Colorado will soon be distributing both satanic and atheist literature to its students. This comes on the heels of pressure from atheist groups. According to CBN News: Beginning April 1, the Delta County School District will provide students books from Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Satanic Temple, and Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers after the groups complained. FFRF Co-president Dan Barker said the push to hand out satanic books happened in response to Gideon Bibles being distributed in a passive way to students while school is in session. “The Delta County School District could have resolved the issue by not allowing religious groups inside their schools,” Barker said in a FFRF news release, according to The Christian Post. “But since it has chosen to be obdurate, it’s left us with no option than to respond to the religious propagandizing.” Earlier this month, FFRF stated that the refusal by leaders in another school district to distribute books cost taxpayers. “Public schools have previously attempted to deny FFRF permission to distribute literature,” FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel said. “That resulted in a lawsuit that cost the (Orange) County Public Schools nearly $90,000, [...]