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Teachers at a Mississippi elementary school were forced to remove religious displays in their classrooms after the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) complained.
The Wisconsin-based group wrote a letter to the Northeast Mississippi school district March 8, alleging the elementary school had “multiple unconstitutional religious displays.”
“We write to ensure that district employees cease impermissibly endorsing their personal religious beliefs through religious displays on district property,” Sam Grover, an FFRF attorney, wrote. “Any Latin crosses or other displays promoting religion must be removed from areas of the school frequented by students or members of the public.”
Wendy Crawford, a fifth-grade math teacher at Saltillo Elementary, said her heart was broken when she received the directive last week, upset that FFRF “attacked” her and her colleagues for their religious beliefs.
“I cried when I read the email stating we were violating laws separating church and state,” Crawford wrote on Facebook last week. “While I do understand separation of state and church, I also feel I should be allowed to BE a Christian.”
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FrustratedMarch 30, 2019
Mary Lou is completely correct. We need to insist on our freedoms or we will lose them. Will this FFF group (I give them “F’s” on Constitution knowledge) insist that Muslims remove their head covering because it’s a religious symbol?! Of course not—because they are too afraid of political correctness! But they walk all over Christians and we let them. If the entire school stood up for freedom OF religion and refused to accept these bullies’ demands, we might succeed in saving our country and our freedoms of speech and religion.
Mary LouMarch 29, 2019
If one were to read the Constitution, it states that we have freedom OF religion; not freedom FROM religion. We need to stand up to this nonsense. It's the way of the adversary (Satan) that they are following; not God's way. Heavenly Father is at the helm. So don't give up fighting for our God given freedoms! We can do this!