hard to say travis. think you can find a non liberal running our schools?
On Sep 10, 7:35 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Think it is possible to find an intelligent fed judge out there? > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 6:21 AM, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A math teacher sued his school district after the principal told him > > the words "In God We Trust" and "All Men Are Created Equal, They Are > > Endowed By Their Creator" must be removed from his homeroom wall > > because they convey a Judeo-Christian viewpoint. > > > In January, Principal Dawn Kastner told Westview High School math > > teacher Bradley Johnson that a banner he had posted in his classroom > > for 25 years, and another that was posted for 17 years, needed to come > > down. > > > The older banner, measuring 7 feet by 2 feet, contained the words "In > > God We Trust," "One Nation Under God," "God Bless Ameirica" and "God > > Shed His Grace On Thee." The second banner quoted the Declaration of > > Independence by including the phrase, "All Men Are Created Equal, They > > Are Endowed By Their Creator." > > > Even though 4,000 students have passed through Johnson's classroom > > without a single complaint in 25 years, the principal told Johnson the > > banners were now impermissible because of their religious content. > > > The Thomas More Law Center, a not-for-profit law firm dedicated to the > > defense of religious freedoms, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of > > Johnson against the Poway Unified School District of San Diego, > > Calif., which includes Westview High School, claiming the order to > > remove the banners violated Johnson's First Amendment freedom of > > speech, particularly since the district permits other teachers to hang > > Buddhist, Islamic, and Tibetan prayer messages on their classroom > > walls. > > > Richard Thompson, president of the Law Center, commented, "Many public > > schools exhibit a knee-jerk hostility towards Christianity and seek to > > cleanse our nation's classrooms of our religious heritage while > > promoting atheism or other religions under the guise of cultural > > diversity." > > >http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74800 > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
