What do you mean by "document?" It happens regularly in the school where my
brother teaches -- is that "documented?" I'm not sure what kind of
complaint would get "filed." There's not much basis for a legal claim, so
you won't likely find any filed lawsuits. Otherwise, complaints would be
handled by the administration of a local school, which likely would not
result in any sort of public record, even if some action is taken.
On 4/3/06, Freeman, Louise Margaret <lfreeman@mbc.edu> wrote:
>
> Can any document an actual case of a public school teacher using a science
> classroom to ridicule anyone's religion? Any known cases of parents filing
> a complaint for that reason or a teacher being reprimanded for it?
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> Louise M. Freeman, PhD
> Psychology Dept
> Mary Baldwin College
> Staunton, VA 24401
> 540-887-7326
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>
> I personally do not know of a single K-12 science teacher who teaches
> science as a naturalistic philosophy. Most are Christians themselves.
>
> A teacher who is an atheist or agnostic, however, can say "your silly
> ideas about the Bible and God are falsified by science" without violating
> the Constitution, or at least without drawing an establishment clause
> lawsuit from a well-funded civil liberties organization. It's easy to
> deride those fundamentalist kids and their parents for their apparently
> belligerent YEC-ism.
>
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