“The United States Constitution requires public schools to ensure that state-supported activity is not used for religious indoctrination,” ACLU says
The ACLU of Louisiana is accusing a high school of promoting Christianity in an open letter on Friday because a student group hung prayer boxes and the principal ended an online letter with “May God Bless You All.”
Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman said in a letter published by the Shreveport Times that Airline High School violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by allowing the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to set up prayer boxes that feature “Christian Symbols.” Esman’s letter also noted Principal Jason Rowland closed a September 2015 message to the school’s website with “The Future Starts Today – May God Bless You All.”
“The United States Constitution requires public schools to ensure that state-supported activity is not used for religious indoctrination,” the letter, which was addressed to superintendent D.C. Machen, states. It alleges that Rowland also “encouraged students to ‘pray to the Almighty God.’”
No official action will occur until the school board meets on Oct.1, but the claims addressed in the letter have already been placed on the meeting’s agenda, according to the Shreveport Times.
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4 comments:
If someone who believed in Allah said, "May Allah bless you", and truly meant it as a kindness, I would take the blessing as given and say thank you.
ACLU why don't you protest kids dressing up as muslims in schools and being taught islam religion? .
Freedom of Speech is still alive and well in this country, at least for the time being. Not sure how long we, as a Americans, have left with our many freedoms. One thing is for sure, when the Muslims mess up this country where will the be able to go??
Yep, over the top.
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