



đ¨ WATCH THIS BEFORE YOU BELIEVE THE âDISCRIMINATIONâ CLAIMS
LifeWise is telling supporters that Everett Public Schools.WA is treating Bibles like theyâre âinfectiousâ and restricting studentsâ religious freedom.
That is not whatâs happening.
In the video attached, youâll hear LifeWise describe a rule requiring students returning from their program to place materials into backpacks or sealed envelopes and not share them with classmates during the school day.
Hereâs what that rule is actually about đ
The materials being restricted are not just personal religious items. They include:
⢠QR-code invitations
⢠peer-to-peer recruitment flyers
⢠â+1 Campaignâ evangelism materials
⢠instructions encouraging students to invite classmates
⢠messaging designed to be distributed during school hours
These are recruitment materials, not private possessions.
Public schools cannot allow any off-campus organization â religious or otherwise â to use students as in-school recruiters or distribution channels. That isnât hostility toward religion. Itâs constitutional compliance.
Students are allowed to possess religious materials.
Schools are not allowed to facilitate distribution or endorsement during instructional time.
That distinction is what this controversy is really about.
LifeWise has also claimed a school board member attacked them with slurs. The full remarks (linked in the comments) show something very different: the board member explicitly stated he was speaking only for himself and explained his opposition by citing LifeWiseâs funding ties, ideology, curriculum, and reported impacts on students â not by issuing a district position or targeting families.
Watch the video.
Read the transcript (included for accessibility).
Look at the materials.
This isnât about religious persecution or âinfectiousâ Bibles â itâs about stopping in-school recruitment, peer-to-peer proselytizing, and respecting and protecting the parental rights of families who choose not to participate.
What people are saying:
- Secular Education Association: Full board member remarks linked here âŹď¸ (primary source)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EYJbxJdchucbx9F7YpBnEPNwUM20o4wrW8GIkhyrlpA/edit?usp=sharing
- Facebook User: tbh I don’t like the often predatory nature of non-religious fundraising programs in our schools either. “the more people you get to buy our product, the more little keychains you get and make sure you get as many email addresses even if they don’t buy something and the class with the most will be mentioned at the assembly!!” is also bad and predatory of children and should also be curbed. The answer to ‘other programs get to do this’ shouldn’t be to loosen restrictions, it should be to tighten them with anyone who is accessing and using our children for their own gain!
- Facebook User: Sincere thanks to all who are bravely opposing this insidious organization.
- Facebook User: They are doing this now at Emerson in Everett! Sneaky.
- Facebook User: You can ask your board to not allow this


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