Minnesota school bus driver removed after leading prayer
Source: Associated Press
Updated 3:45 pm, Friday, April 20, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A Minneapolis-area church pastor who also drives a school bus says his rights to free speech and to practice his religion were violated when he was taken off his route for leading students in prayer.
It is not the first time George Nathaniel, 54, has faced consequences for leading prayers. Nathaniel was fired from driving children to school in the town of Burnsville, Minnesota, four years ago for the same reason.
Quality Care Transportation removed Nathaniel from his route last week, the Star Tribune reported . He began working for the company in January 2017 and drove children to Nasha Shkola, a charter school in Brooklyn Park focused on Russian language and culture.
He started incorporating prayer into the bus ride this winter.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Twin-Cities-school-bus-driver-removed-after-12851176.php
LisaM
(27,813 posts)They've outsourced it.
weissmam
(905 posts)my family does not practice the same religion so stuff it
Chemisse
(30,813 posts)On his own time, not when he is being paid to do a job that includes NOT leading the children in prayer.
radliberal
(51 posts)You have the right to your religion, BUT it is to bad that the churches in America have chosen to turn their temples into REPUBLICAN RECRUITMENT CENTERS!!!
They have deserted God and chosen to worship the REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!
You cannot be a Republican and a Christian. They are two completely opposing beliefs.
VOTE THEM OUT!!!
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Funny how that works. Its almost as if civil rights laws were written to protect the interests of the advantaged majority.
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)So many folks want the gov't to teach religion in the schools rather than let the parents decide how their family worships.
NickB79
(19,253 posts)I like to imagine he would have had a meltdown over that.