Tuesday, July 30, 2002

christmas traditions

A Massachusetts teacher asked students to bring in books on their Christmas traditions. One brought in a book about Jesus Christ, and the student was asked to stop reading when she came to a passage about the birth of Jesus. The school was sued in federal court today for violating the student's right to free speech and exercise of religion. I'm not certain that this case will rise to the same level of media attention that the recent Ninth Circuit decision involving the Pledge of Allegiance did. Chances are that it won't. But, cases involving a clash between the anti-establishment clause and freedom of speech will probably draw more attention now then they did prior to the ruling on the pledge. Will there be a different ruling in this case than there would have been without the shadow of the political reaction to the Ninth Circuit decision?

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