Rutherford, while enthusiastically promoting the Fifth Circuit's decision, has sought in at least one case to distort it. It is still school sponsored, students are delegated authority by the school. It's an important part of learning how to live in a diverse society. Wait a minute. Of course, fundraising solicitations are rarely a place for even-handed discussion, and religious people cannot be expected to bless what they find wholly immoral in the name of tolerance.
Students can gather around the flagpole to pray before school.
They can have religious-club meetings in the school building if secular clubs have the same privilege. They can distribute tracts and evangelize willing classmates. Book reports on the Bible, history papers depicting Jesus as the greatest person who ever lived, and religious drawings for art class are all acceptable provided the student chooses the subject. Rutherford's picture of religious life in America is a distortion. It is hard to believe Rutherford's claim that religious people face growing persecution.