Left-wing activists have been waging war on Christianity in government schools for decades.
But one school board took things to a terrifying new level.
And a Washington school district launched one sick attack on the Bible that landed them in court.
School board member admits hatred toward Christian program
Everett Public Schools in Washington State is facing a federal lawsuit after officials forced elementary students to keep Bibles "sealed in an envelope" and hidden inside their backpacks.
The suit targets the district's treatment of LifeWise Academy, a national nonprofit providing off-campus Bible instruction during "released time" like lunch or recess.
First Liberty Institute and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner filed the December 18 complaint accusing school officials of violating the First Amendment.
School board director Charles Adkins admitted at a December 9 board meeting he held "animus" toward the Christian group.
"I want to make it very, extremely, abundantly clear, that yes, I do in fact hold animus toward LifeWise Academy," Adkins declared.
He called the organization "homophobic bullies who are active and willing participants in the efforts to bring about an authoritarian theocracy."
Adkins rallied the board to stand up to "Christian nationalism, fascism and White supremacy" and not allow LifeWise to "further brainwash our kids."
The school district barred LifeWise from its community fair and blocked the group from displaying flyers alongside secular organizations.
Officials imposed a permission slip policy requiring parents to submit new written authorization every single week.
School officials forced students to keep any LifeWise materials, including Bibles, hidden in envelopes in their backpacks.
Students couldn't access religious materials during the rest of the school day, even during free periods when they could read comic books.
"School officials cannot prefer religion over nonreligion, nor may they throw obstacles in the path of parents simply trying raise their children according to their religious convictions," Jeremy Dys, senior counsel at First Liberty, stated.
The Supreme Court upheld religious-instruction release programs as constitutional in the 1952 ruling Zorach v. Clauson.
Programs must be held off-campus, use no public funds, and have parental consent.
LifeWise operates under those guidelines across 34 states and serves nearly 100,000 students.
School districts across America defend keeping sexually explicit LGBT books in school libraries.
Books like "Gender Queer" containing graphic sexual illustrations remained on shelves at schools like Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.
Parents who complained about pornographic content were accused of bigotry.
The Supreme Court ruled in June 2025's Mahmoud v. Taylor case that parents can opt their children out of classes featuring LGBT storybooks.
Everett Public Schools won't let parents opt their children INTO Bible instruction without treating those kids like criminals hiding contraband.
Schools celebrate LGBT-themed books during Pride Month with special displays encouraging students to "try an LGBT book."
Those same schools force Christian students to seal Bibles in envelopes so nobody sees them reading Scripture.
The district's attorneys denied the allegations as "factually inaccurate" in a December 12 letter.
"With respect to LifeWise Academy itself, the District will continue to evaluate any requests to participate in District-sponsored events," attorney Sarah Mack wrote.
Government schools celebrate LGBT ideology while treating Christianity like a disease that needs quarantining.
Students can read books depicting graphic sex acts between two women during class time.
A Bible has to be sealed in an envelope and hidden from view.
The radical leftists running America's government schools aren't protecting children from religion.
They're protecting LGBT indoctrination from competition.
Sources:
- Kristine Parks, "Washington school district forces students to hide Bibles 'sealed in an envelope' in backpacks, federal lawsuit alleges," Fox News, January 14, 2026.
- First Liberty Institute, "Washington School District Sued After Board Member Admits 'Animus' Toward Release Time Bible Program," December 18, 2025.
- LifeWise Academy, "FAQ," October 23, 2025.
- Megan Henry, "More than 100 Ohio school districts add LifeWise Academy in 2025 after religious release law passed," Ohio Capital Journal, December 8, 2025.
- Jennifer Peltz, "SCOTUS: Parents can opt kids out of classes with gay book characters," NPR, June 27, 2025.
- Stacy Langton case, "Virginia Schools Secretly Remove LGBTQ+ Book Amid Explicit Images Controversy," The Roanoke Star, November 11, 2024.
