The American Humanist Association (AHA)
is complaining about an August 12th mandatory teachers’ meeting in Jackson, MS
in which a pastor offered the opening prayer, and other speakers made comments
of a religious nature.
As usual, one teacher [merely one] contacted
the AHA, which is threatening to sue
the Jackson Public School District.
Attorney Steve Crampton, who heads
the American Center for Constitutional
Rights (ACCR), says the fight for
religious freedom is one that won’t go away until people of faith give in. “I for one refuse to do that,” he says, “and
I hope that the community will stand up and this school board will stand up
against this kind of intimidation tactic.”
A letter to Superintendent Cedrick
Gray complained that the 3-hour program was sprinkled with references to “God”
and “Lord,” and this one teacher [just one] described it as “one long church service.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled
against a so-called ‘heckler’s veto’ in which one person can shut down the
majority because they are offended. Lower
courts are also ruling that “hurt feelings” aren’t enough to “constitute a
constitutional injury,” says the Attorney Crampton. “And that would be one of the first and most
important arguments raised in defense in any legal action that might fall out
from this situation,” he tells OneNewsNow. The ‘left’ is “absolutely tireless” in its
effort to eradicate Christianity from the public square, says Crampton; and
Christians must defend religious freedom “or we’ll lose it.”
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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