Freedom of Religion?

John Whitehead over at RazorMouth writes on cases of religious discrimination in America:

Perhaps the saddest case involves a third-grade teacher who instructed her students to complete the sentence, "I am thankful for ___." The students' responses were to be published in the Thanksgiving-week edition of the school newspaper. One of the pupils responded, "I am thankful for living in a country where I can choose my own religion." When the student's response was brought to the attention of the principal, she informed the teacher that the response could not be published in the school newspaper because of the so-called "separation of church and state."

November 24, 2003 10:26 PM
2 Comments

that may be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. i almost think it's misconstrued or made up.

Pondered by abe at November 25, 2003 04:06 PM

There's always the offhand chance its a dupe. To support that possibility, I wasn't able to find any other reference to this using Google.

At the same time, Whitehead does work for a legal firm that specializes in this stuff, so I'd be surprised if he got taken in.

Pondered by maphet at November 25, 2003 09:35 PM