Public school children forced into prayer and bible lessons

Children in a Louisiana public school were forced into public prayers and bible lessons:


From the article:
The 20-page memorandum supporting the motion lists 12 instances of Sullivan conducting unlawful activities.

It states Sullivan had been participating and sometimes leading her elementary school students in silent and verbal prayers, selecting who would recite them, forcing the student teacher to do likewise and conducting Bible class in the school's cafeteria just prior to the start of the school day. The instances, which date between Jan. 18 until April 15, included the following:

Feb. 3: Sullivan told students she was disappointed by their being absent from Bible study class. The student teacher asked her about the lawfulness of a teacher conducting Bible studies on school grounds.

Feb. 21: Sullivan told the student teacher to select a student to lead in reciting prayer just prior to lunchtime. The student teacher went to her supervisor at Southeastern Louisiana University two days later to talk about Sullivan, but the supervisor grabbed her hand and began praying for her.

http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/2005/05/19/communit...


And then the christo-facists wonder why people fight so hard for this sort of thing to be banned from public schools!
:wtf:

I think this is the same story:

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/APN/505180563&cachetime=3&template=dateline

education would mean it was open for discussion - they'd get an ear load from my boys about why it is all a myth.

An education threatens to broaden their minds. They may begin to have independent, creative thoughts! God forbid!

from the Tuscaloosa News:
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"I have been teaching for 12 years, and I can do what I want in my own classroom or at school," the teacher, Pam Sullivan, told a student teacher who protested about her predilection for prayer and Bible study in class, according to the ACLU. Repeatedly, she "compelled" a student to recite a prayer in class before lunch, the group said.
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from the Hammond Star:
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There has to be patience in dealing with this issue in a school system with more than 2,000 teachers and approximately 20,000 students, Moody said. He compared the work to get everyone on the same page regarding the Doe lawsuit to that concerning the desegregation order years ago.

"It took us 20 years to get full compliance for our school system to follow the desegregation order, and that took a lot of work and changes," he said. "It's not a reach at all for us to understand it's going to take some work and changes with this situation."
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This is no more difficult that desegregation was, you just DO IT.
They are stalling for time while waiting for *'s minions to finish turning this country into a theocracy.

Let me try it again:


http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/2005/05/19/community_news/community01.txt

That student teacher deserves a medal!

I would have told the supervising teacher to shove it!