The 8th US Circuit has ruled that religious freedom even extends to teachers, "allowing" a South Dakota teacher to lead an afterschool religious group:
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (search) has ruled that South Dakota elementary school teacher Barbara Wigg must be permitted to participate in after-school, child Bible study at Laura B. Anderson Elementary School, where she teaches.
Wigg, who has been a teacher for 21 years, sued the Sioux Falls School District last year when she was told she couldn't participate in the Good News Club, an after-school national religious program that meets on school property. Wigg had gone to one meeting before being prevented from attending.
The school district argued that it could not permit one of its teachers to lead such a class because it might give the impression that the school system favors a particular religion. But the court ruled that the school system had taken a discriminatory position on religion and had violated Wigg's free speech.
Imagine that. Freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of religion--what will the court think of next...
1 comment:
Unfortunately, what one court giveth, another court can take away.
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