WHICH IS IT, LIFEWISE? Does the wall between church and state matter when it limits your access to public-school children—or ONLY when it protects you from public accountability? 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱 Because LifeWise Academy is trying to have it both ways. When LifeWise wants access to students, the wall between church and state is treated as practically… Read More

🚨LET’S BE REAL ABOUT WHAT FCA IS SUING FOR. 🚫 Christian students weren’t banned from praying. 🚫 Their FCA club wasn’t shut down. ✅ Outside adults from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes were told they could not regularly attend student club meetings. FFRF raised the concern. The district acted.FCA sued. And federal law already says… Read More

What happens if public education goes away? Not your school building. Public Education. The American value that every child in your community is entitled to a public education — regardless of their parents’ income, religion, disability, politics or ZIP code. It won’t disappear all at once… It disappears piece by piece. -A little public money… Read More

Let’s talk about the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Yes, FCA usually meets before or after school. That does not make this okay. It never has. FCA is a national Christian ministry with an explicitly evangelistic mission. And too often, the line between a student’s right to participate in FCA and public-school adults helping FCA… Read More

We’re just going to leave this right here. Children’s Outreach Ministries says this on its own website: “Toledo Public Schools Superintendent, Romules Durant, not only approves our program but has requested a club in each of his 42 Toledo Elementary schools.” The very next sentence: “What an amazing open door for reaching the unchurched children… Read More

🚨 THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT LIFEWISE.And it sure as hell isn’t just about a few kids leaving school for Bible class. On September 23, 29 U.S. senators put their names behind a resolution calling on every state in America to accommodate students leaving public school during the school day for religious instruction. ALL 50 STATES.… Read More

🚨🚨🚨 What people are saying: Facebook User: Is Lifewise in private schools anywhere? Facebook User: I at least hope that Islam, Judaism, Taoism, Hinduism, Humanism are also taking part in this. Secular Education Association: Facebook User And legally, other religious and nonreligious organizations can create released-time programs too. But that’s exactly why this deserves attention.… Read More

🚨 ALABAMA: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CHANGE THE LAW. On July 1, Alabama’s new released-time religious instruction law took effect. The critical change? Local school boards lost discretion. Alabama changed its law from districts “may” allow released-time religious instruction to “shall” allow qualifying students to leave public school for it. Now look at… Read More

Good Morning- just a reminder… No library for anyone. How many schools is this happening in? Art? Music? Technology? What people are saying: Facebook User: Where did this happen? Would like to be able to cite it Facebook User: they are indoctrinating other people‘s children with their religious bullshit That should be a crime View… Read More

🚨 THIS IS WHAT RELEASED TIME ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. This was shared by a member of our private group…👀 Because this is the part that gets lost when released-time religious instruction is described as simply “parents choosing Bible education for their own children.” According to this account, a public elementary school eliminated library as a… Read More

🚨 YOU JUST USED A GOVERNMENT PLATFORM TO PROMOTE A CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS PROGRAM. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held up a LifeWise Academy mug during an official “Morning Briefing” and promoted a program that removes public-school students during the school day for Bible instruction. Then came the unbelievable part: “I don’t know the details.” Sir.… Read More

🚨 THEY AREN’T BEING STOPPED FROM TEACHING CHRISTIANITY. THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR IT. A new federal lawsuit in Oregon deserves attention. 👀 A homeschooling parent sued Hillsboro School District after it refused to reimburse her for Christian homeschool curriculum and fees for a Christian co-op. 👉The lawsuit is being brought by Alliance… Read More

OHIO 🚨TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WALKING IT BACK. And this clarification was absolutely necessary…Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Romules Durant didn’t make an ambiguous comment about his personal faith. While discussing the future of Scott Park, he said: “One of the things that we’ll have here is the church.” “These kids need the Lord.” “We’re going… Read More

🚨 STEUBENVILLE CITY SCHOOLS, THIS NEEDS AN EXPLANATION. ✅Students have a constitutional right to pray. 🚫The school district does not get to turn itself into the prayer leader. Yet the official Steubenville City Schools page didn’t say students are holding a prayer event. It said: “JOIN US as WE come together in prayer.” Then the… Read More

🚨 LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT ZORACH ACTUALLY SAID. We keep seeing Zorach v. Clauson (1952) cited as though the Supreme Court handed released-time religious instruction a blank check. It didn’t. And there is an important detail in the program the Supreme Court actually upheld that deserves a whole lot more attention.The New York City Board… Read More