Richard Dawkins the arch-atheist backs distribution of free Bible copies to state schools. Follow the link above. Richard Dawkins announced support for UK Education Secretary Michael Gove's proposed plan to send copies of free King James Bible to every state school. The cost of the proposal is £375,000. The proposal aims to help students learn about the Bible's impact "on our history, language, literature and democracy" and will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the authorised version of the bible’s publication. Several rich Tory party donors agreed to back the plan and the first Bibles were sent out last week. As Dawkins reveals in Observer, dated Saturday19 May 2012, he justifies support for the Bible plan on the grounds of literary merit and he lists a range of biblical phrases which any cultivated English speaker will instantly recognise. These include "salt of the Earth", "through a glass darkly", and "no peace for the wicked". Dawkins states: "A native speaker of English who has not read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian." Where are our Indian secularists and atheists?