The American Jewish Congress announced today it would appeal to the United States Supreme Court the decision by the Florida Supreme Court that upheld Bible reading in Florida public schools.
Leo Preffer, general counsel of the Congress, who represented Jewish and non-Jewish parents in challenging religious practices in the Miami public schools, said the Florida court’s action was not consistent with U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the Schemp and Murray cases and added he would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the Florida Bible reading statute equally invalid.
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