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Science Teacher and School Officials Sued Over Teaching of Religion In Classroom

By Howard M. Friedman

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On Friday, a federal lawsuit was filed against controversial Mt. Vernon, Ohio middle school science teacher John Freshwater. District superintendent Steve Short and middle school Principal William White were also named as defendants in the suit claiming that Freshwater taught religion in his classroom and that school officials failed to discipline him for doing so. According to NBC4i News, the lawsuit alleges that Freshwater displayed the Ten Commandments, religious posters and Bible passages in his classroom, taught intelligent design, and told students that their textbooks contradicted the Bible. The complaint alleges that as advisor to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Freshwater participated in meetings and distributed Bibles. It also claims he burned a cross into the arms of two eighth-grade students in 2007. In April, Freshwater's refusal to remove a Bible from his desk in his classroom after being instructed to do so by school officials became the subject of wide media coverage. At that time Freshwater did comply with officials' request to remove the 10 Commandments from his classroom door. (See prior posting.)

Full post as published by Religion Clause on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).