Ethics

Injunction Issued in Florida Religious Song Suit

By Ed Brayton

Remember the lawsuit over an elementary school program that included having kids sing a country song called In God We Still Trust? A judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the use of that song in the program.

The challenged song is not a sacred example of a choral music used to instruct students in music theory and appreciation. It is a modern, American county music song overtly espousing a specific religious viewpoint and attacking of those who do not share in the same belief. Additionally, the song degrades the doctrine of governmental separation and neutrality towards the promotion of religious ideologies.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).