In regards to only knowing the teacher's side, the school district's only response to all this has been, "No comment." This normally means that there is legitimacy to the accusations. If the accusations were bogus, they would be commenting all over the place. That said..
It shouldn’t be problem pulling the references pertaining to God out of these document and presenting them to the class. It is history. You are showing the students that the basis for these documents are rooted in the writer’s belief in God. These documents didn’t just spring up out of the goodness of their own selves, they came about because of their belief in God. To teach that, although politically incorrect in today’s society, is not wrong, but intellectually responsible. Could you teach about the Middle East and not bring up the religion of Islam? Of course not, the religion of Islam is what makes the Middle East what it is, just like Christianity made America what it is (or maybe I should say what it was…)
If the teacher was trying to convert his class to Christianity, then he has a problem. Right message, wrong venue. Neither should a teacher try to teach that there is no God. Both are forcing their 'religion' on the students. Don't go off the deep end, Shira, Christians have every right to try to convert people to Christianity, just like atheists have the right to try to convert people to atheism.
Essentially Liberals have hijacked the first amendment for 50 years. They have come to believe the Constitution guarantees freedom FROM religion. Of course it does no such thing, it actually is an attempt to guarantee freedom OF religion. This is clear (except to liberal judges and the ACLU) from the language of the amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of;
Now an average person interprets this to mean Congress can't pass a law to stop them from practicing their religion. One has to tortuously twist the words to conclude that mentioning God in a public place or an historical document is illegal.
If Democrats throughout the country fail to condemn this school district, they will be perceived as out of touch with the values of America.
