Sunday, July 15, 2012

Secular group chides Georgia school district for ‘lack of respect for the First Amendment’ | The Raw Story

Secular group chides Georgia school district for ‘lack of respect for the First Amendment’ | The Raw Story:


Secular group chides Georgia school district for ‘lack of respect for the First Amendment’



 Female High School student (Flickr/Casey Lessard)
 
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has called on a school district in Georgia to prevent teachers and other officials from promoting Christianity to their students.
“School-aged children are a captive audience,” the group wrote in a letter to Houston County Schools. “They are young, impressionable, and vulnerable to social pressure, particularly pressure exerted from a position of authority. Religious education is not the province of the public schools