Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Killeen ISD officials Friday defended the decision to remove a portion of six-foot-tall door decoration in hallway at Patterson Middle School that included a reference to a Bible verse despite a call from the state’s attorney general to “reverse their unlawful decision.”
“Our employees are free to celebrate the Christmas and holiday season in the manner of their choosing. However, employees are not permitted to impose their personal beliefs on students,” the district said in a statement Friday, a day after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the display was protected by the Merry Christmas law the Legislature passed in 2013.
“We passed that law precisely because of this type of discrimination against people of faith,” Paxton said in the statement.
“No school official in Texas can silence a Biblical reference to Christmas. This is an attack on religious liberty and a violation of the First Amendment and state law. I am calling on the school board of the Killeen ISD to immediately reverse their unlawful decision,” he said.
I think Christmas, Judeo-Christian references and even Charlie Brown is heritage and not strictly religious. Diversity is no good and not worth tearing down up to 400-2,000 years of heritage that wasn't a problem before.
I don't think that overtly religious references belong in public schools. Would you be comfortable with a poster quoting a verse from the Koran being displayed in your child's school?
If it was teaching about verses in the Koran... no big deal... if it is asking for an essay explaining why Christianity is a problem and Islam is the answer, that might be a problem...
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
