Last Ounce of Courage Page #3

Bye, Dad.

I love you. I love you, too.

Brownies?

[ Chris laughs ]

[ Laughs ]

CHRIS:
Grandpa doesn't seem

to like you...

or me, for that matter.

It's not you.

I think...

he thinks that I let him down.

Sometimes life isn't fair.

But we just keep going.

Get some sleep, huh?

First day of school tomorrow.

I love you.

I love you, too.

[ Bell rings ]

[ Birds chirping ]

Chris is so California.

Now, what is that

supposed to mean?

He's so hot!

Hey, you ought to get him

to try out for the play.

Oh, yeah,

so you can hit on him?

[ Bell rings ]

Speaking of hot...

Hey, I'll be right back.

Chris.

Chris!

Man, what's up with you?

I've got to go

to the principal's office.

Why?

Because they have some stupid rules

about what you can't bring

to school.

What did you bring,

a knife or something?

A knife?

We found this in Chris' locker.

But Madison is now claiming

that it's her responsibility.

Yes, sir, that's right.

I brought it.

And while I'm all for a student

taking a position

on a controversial matter,

when that position is

detrimental to the student body,

the health and well-being

as a whole, well...

that's when

I have to take action.

I spoke with the school's

attorney informally,

and he suggested

that we all keep this

as low-key as possible, okay?

Now, Chris, normally you'd be

facing an in-school suspension,

but you're new here,

so, uh, I'm going to go easy

on you this time.

Now, we're just going to pretend

this never happened

and, um, just ignore it.

Understood?

Yeah.

All right, you're dismissed.

[ Door opens ]

Rusty...

they didn't know.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Bob, don't worry about it.

Hey, thanks for coming in.

Sure.

BOB:
Christian...

when prayer was banned

from school, so was the Bible.

It's just the way it is now.

That's a stupid rule.

There ain't no rule.

Say again, Leonard?

There ain't no rule.

They can have their Bibles here

if they want to.

They're just

a bunch of cowards.

Thank you, Leonard.

Don't wait for me.

Could you hold on a second?

Yeah.

Rusty, is there an actual rule

that says you can't bring

a Bible into school?

Well, no.

But I don't want any trouble.

You can't take any chances

these days, Bob.

Everybody's looking

for a reason to sue us.

Yeah, it's

that space-odyssey play

I wrote a few years ago.

Yeah, well,

I don't want to brag,

but I've always had a bit

of flair for the dramatic.

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, Mayor, nice work

on the veterans' home thing.

Nice.

Yeah, I'm back.

[ "The O'Reilly Factor"

theme music plays ]

"Factor" investigation segment

tonight.

Christmas has become

controversial in America.

Public displays

of the federal holiday

are under attack by the ACLU,

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