Right to quote from Bible IN PUBLIC hits the court docket in Arizona

Whether a school board member is allowed to quote from the Bible, in public, for encouragement is on the court docket in Arizona.

Officials with First Liberty Institute and the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have filed a brief encouraging the federal court there to affirm the right of Heather Rooks, the president of the Peoria Unif9ied School District Board, to recite from Scripture during meetings.

“Citing a quotation from any text, be it sacred or secular, for the purpose...