News for Nov. 10, 2005

Complaint: 'Narnia' reading contest forces Christian message on students

11/10/05, 8:49 pm EST - Xoanon

(Court TV) — An advocacy group claims a Florida reading contest involving the classic novel and upcoming film "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" violates the role of religion in the classroom. Attorneys for The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), however, say they will support in court any school threatened by the claim free of charge. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS) group has demanded Gov. Jeb Bush's statewide contest stop using C.S. Lewis' Christian allegory as the only book for the contest. [More]