A Buddhist family sued the Sabine Parish school board because of their aggressive support of Christianity in public school. The school wore numerous religious paintings, and bible verses all over campus. They even had an electronic message board that shared bible verses everyday. Some teachers made the students prayed in class and often handed out pamphlets "that denounce evolution, spread scientifically inaccurate information about birth control and sex, and warn students about the evils of rock music, drunkenness, pornography, premarital sex, homosexuality, sorcery, witchcraft and other subjects". The superintendent fully supports it and says they have the right according to the first amendment and they are lawful under the constitution. The science teachers taught that the big bang is fake, and that God created the universe. They also taught that evolution is fake and even gave tests about it. The Buddhist kid was encouraged to either convert or find another school and were thus sued.
This conflicts with the idea of religion and government as separate institutions. I strongly believe in religion become a personal thing and shouldn't be related to anything else. The school interpreted the constitution loosely and out of context. They used their first amendment which should be for citizens not the government which a public school is. A public school is controlled by the state gov and by citizens tax dollars. The school is clearly in the wrong and shouldn't force a religion because they think they have the freedom to. This is a huge contradiction and are very ignorant.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/26/the-louisiana-public-school-cramming-christianity-down-students-throats.html
This conflicts with the idea of religion and government as separate institutions. I strongly believe in religion become a personal thing and shouldn't be related to anything else. The school interpreted the constitution loosely and out of context. They used their first amendment which should be for citizens not the government which a public school is. A public school is controlled by the state gov and by citizens tax dollars. The school is clearly in the wrong and shouldn't force a religion because they think they have the freedom to. This is a huge contradiction and are very ignorant.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/26/the-louisiana-public-school-cramming-christianity-down-students-throats.html