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A Michigan public school banned an autistic 8-year-old boy from bringing his Bible to class.
No bible, says school to student
A Michigan public school banned an autistic 8-year-old boy from bringing his Bible to class. Jason Cross likes to read the Bible during free time, his mom said, but officials at Highview Elementary told him that the book is “only for church, not for school.” Only when a reporter called did the superintendent reverse the policy.
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A Florida man has set up a legal shooting range in his backyard in a residential neighborhood. Doug Varrieur’s neighbors in Big Pine Key have complained about the noise and fear stray bullets, but Sheriff Rick Ramsay says he was chagrined to find out that state law permits shooting practice on private property. “It’s almost the Wild West again, when we go back to firing wherever you want,” Ramsay said.
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