Ohio Teacher in trouble for bible

[Jim]

John Freshwater a science teacher at Mount Vernon Middle School say's he's prepared to fight the School's interpretation of the Bill of Rights.

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Ohio Teacher Says Bible Stays (on his desk)

“The removal of it will be nothing short of the infringement on my deeply held religious beliefs,” he said at a rally Wednesday where 100 people gathered to show their support.
The school’s superintendent claimed he has an obligation to protect against the establishment of religion in the schools.

[kenspicer]

I agree with what he is doing. I believe that God should not be ignored out of fear or indifference. A persons religious beliefs should be accepted and not feared. There are enough problems in our school systems which include drugs, guns, violence and suicides and other issues that should be dealt with, not whether a teacher has a Bible in the classroom. I was shocked to hear about God being taken out of the Pledge of Allegance, Bible Studies taken out of schools, and other incidents that people feel are inappropriate.We should be teaching our children of Love and not racism. We should be teaching our children of peaceful solutions to our problems and not of violence and gun control. Get back to the basics people!!This is how I feel about it.

[Jim]

Plus it's a pretty far way from just having a bible in school and, as the school interprets it as "establishing a religion". What will be banned next?

Vouchers would cure a lot of problems.

BTW - welcome to Wauseon.

[elder_Chrs]

You know what Jim, this ban on the religious stuff is ****! The country should know better! What happened to our rights(religion,speech,assemble,ect.)? We(the country need to do something!!

I am agnostic, however I belive that the bible should be equally taught as any other "faith" in schools. There is a point of being equal and a point of where the bible is looked down upon. If you belive that the bible is false then you should have no trouble with both faiths being presented due to the freedom of religion. If you do not teach all sides you are therfore being bias.