BIBLE BANNED IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The Appellate Court of San Francisco has declared that the King James (the Authorised) version of the -Bible cannot be used in the -public schools of California as it is "a book of sectarian or denominational character within the meaning of the political code." The suit was recently brought to prevent the trustees of the Selma High School from purchasing a dozen Bibles for the use of the classes. The Lower Court (says the "Times" correspondent) held that the trustees were within their rights in making the purchase, as the Authorised Version of the Bible was "the 'book of all Christians." This decision the Appellate Court overruled, declaring that "while Protestanism may not be a sect in the strict interpretation of the term, the Protestant Bible contains tthe precepts of many Protestant dtnonilnatlocs. and denomination is merely another term for sect. The King James BlWle having been adopted by the Protestants, their book Is objectionable to those who do not follow that faith."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 30 December 1922, Page 17
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