By Dr. Stephen Cutchins for AMERICAN THINKER
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a frigid jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama. Outside, the nation burned with division, unrest, and injustice. He had no legal defense, no allies beside him, and no certainty about the future.
But he had one thing: the Word of God in his heart.
In his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King repeatedly quoted Scripture, grounding his case for justice not in opinion but in the moral authority of God’s Word. He quoted or alluded to more than 50 biblical passages, drawing on his extensive knowledge of Scripture from memory.
Now, imagine a public-school classroom where students study Dr. King’s words but are not allowed to read the book that inspired them.
This illustrates the hypocrisy we face. American schools are expected to teach and uphold justice, yet they actively undermine the foundation of King’s moral argument.
However, the larger issue is that research indicates that keeping the Bible out of schools negatively impacts students.
