World Nut Daily ran a story a few weeks ago. Supposedly, a Teach wins a major victory for God in school. Now, I won’t get into the fight of whether or not salvation is based on God being in school. What really happened was it was a victory for religious pluralism. Read what the judge said about ‘a’ supreme God. (Not a monotheistic belief, really, but whatever). Further, the school district allowed other displays of other religions, but prevented this teacher from putting up banners with slogans from American history. Was this really a victory for the ‘Christian God’ or for religious pluralism and the ability to accurately describe the American heritage?
“May a school district censor a high school teacher’s expression because it refers to Judeo-Christian views, while allowing other teachers to express views on a number of controversial subjects, including religion and anti-religion?” posited U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez in his judgment. “On undisputed evidence, this court holds that it may not.”
He continued, “That God places prominently in our nation’s history does not create an Establishment Clause violation requiring curettage and disinfectant for Johnson’s public high school classroom walls. It is a matter of historical fact that our institutions and government actors have in past and present times given place to a supreme God.”
Read the article here:
via Teacher wins major victory for God in school.
By the way, one of the things that the judge did say was:
“Fostering diversity,” Benitez ruled, “does not mean bleaching out historical religious expression or mainstream morality. By squelching only Johnson’s patriotic and religious classroom banners, while permitting other diverse religious and anti-religious classroom displays, the school district does a disservice to the students of Westview High School, and the federal and state constitutions do not permit this one-sided censorship.”
