Salvation lies within a sealed envelope

In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne hides a rock hammer inside a hollowed-out Bible. In Everett, Washington, school officials decided the Bible itself was the contraband.

On Oct. 13, the Everett Public Schools board approved a settlement with LifeWise Academy, a privately funded, off-campus Bible program. The district agreed to pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees, send its board to religious liberty training, and post a public apology for six months. That’s the going rate for treating a child’s Bible like a carry-on that failed TSA screening.