Christian Book about the Holocaust Banned from Charter School? Probably Not.

Last week, a news story made the rounds about a charter school system banning Corrie ten Boom’s classic memoir The Hiding Place from their libraries. It sounded like a prime example of persecution, even in a small way. But not so fast, says Alan Noble at Christ and Pop Culture – let’s get the story straight:

The sad thing here is the abuse that this charter school is getting online because of this “report.” Commenters are trolling the school’s Facebook page, calling down damnation upon them and their secular agenda. Meanwhile, Christian parents whose children attend the school are posting impassioned defenses of the school in response.

This kind of sensationalistic reporting causes real harm to the people involved. I feel terrible for the Superintendent, Kathleen Hermsmeyer, who appears to be a practicing Catholic and who I imagine is under tremendous stress and pressure right now. Just imagine being the object of disdain for tens of thousands of Fox News readers who see you as a symbol of the secularist/liberal persecution of Christianity in America.

Read the whole thing here.