We have yet another ridiculous argument which has now gone to litigation in the school system. No wonder the parents are homeschooling their kids in droves these days. Have we lost our minds?
A Wisconsin school system is facing a lawsuit because a high school teacher gave a student a zero on an art project because the student had a picture of a cross in it.
At least the kid did the work! Golly! How many kids are even doing the work nowadays? How can you give a kid a zero for painting a cross in a picture? If it were a Nazi cross would that have been ok?
Get this: The school district argues that the student voluntarily waived his First Amendment religious freedoms when he entered the classroom.
Really? This is legal? Since when? Seems it's ok to drop the F-bomb nowadays in the schools and not worry about losing their First Amendment Rights. Heck, the teachers are dropping these bombs now.
He was told he forfeited his First Amendment rights when he included a cross and the words "John 3:16, a sign of love" in his art project. He was told to either cover up the scripture reference or put a border over it.
He refused and he received a zero for the project. She showed him a policy that every student has to sign, It says in the policy that there is to be, 'No blood. No violence. No sex' and 'No religion citing they lose their First Amendment rights when they walk in the door.
The kid, one of the top students in his class, was not intimidated. He tore the policy in two, handed it back to the teacher and called it illegal.
In fact, says the lawyers, this policy actually favors one religion over another. This same teacher allowed pictures of demonic, evil-looking beings as part of these assignments, but yet wouldn't allow a small cross and a scripture verse. Why is this so threatening? How scary is a simple cross?
The pro-family Cortman said this: "What's most offensive about this case and most egregious in the actions by the school district is the fact that their policy lumps blood, violence, sex, and religion as if those four things are equal.
What kind of message is the government school system trying to send here?