Showing posts with label Bill of Rights Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Public Schools Sumner County Tennessee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill of Rights Freedom of Religion Freedom of Speech Public Schools Sumner County Tennessee. Show all posts

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Charles C. Haynes: Memo to Sumner County: Local schools aren’t local churches

  If only a fraction of the allegations are true, public school officials in Sumner County, Tenn., are treating their school district like a missionary field for the Christian faith.

  Nine students — who understandably wish to remain anonymous — have filed suit with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union seeking to end school promotion of religion. The laundry list of allegations reads like a description of public schools in the Deep South of the 1950s with everything from prayers over the PA system to teacher-led Bible study.