Showing posts with label LLC v. Lubbock Independent School District. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Charles C. Haynes: Tattooed Jesus, yoga and the debate over school endorsement of religion

  Legal battles over when and where to draw the church-state line on school endorsement of religion can be a nightmare for administrators, a headache for judges and a payday for lawyers.

  Consider the recent lawsuit in Lubbock, Texas over an advertisement a company called Little Pencil wanted to display during the football games played at the local high school.

  The ad featured a depiction of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns with words like “outcast,” “addicted” and “jealous” tattooed across his upper body (symbolizing the belief that Jesus took on the sins of the world).