> There are some good resources regarding these things on the Christian
> Legal Society's website
> (http://www.clsnet.org/clrfPages/pubs/pubs_overview.phpx). One of the
> most thorough documents found there, "Religion in Schools: A Joint
> Statement of Current Law," endorsed by a wide variety of groups
> including the ACLU, states that "Just as they may either advance nor
> inhibit any religious doctrine, teachers should not ridicule, for
> example, a student's religious explanation for life on earth." This
> suggests to me that such ridicule has been a problem often enough to
> warrant mention in such a document.
I see where the suggestion comes from. What I still haven't seen (and I've
looked) is a specific example: Science teacher X ridiculing Student Y for
religious beliefs on date Z in Public School PDQ as reported by Whatitsname
Press. With so many diverse groups (many with armies of lawyers at their
disposal) agreeing that such ridicule is grounds for a complaint (or
possibly even a lawsuit), why can no one document a case?
I'm not talking about equal access issues or Bible clubs or prayer at the
flagpole. There I agree; examples abound. But a teacher ridiculing
students for their religious beliefs? I'm still looking.
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