Student told not to write about God as her idol

Student told not to write about God as her idol

Lord forgive them, for the leadership at Memphis’ Lucy Elementary clearly knows not what it does. A 10-year-old girl wrote what her mother describes as a “cute” presentation for a class assignment to discuss who she sees as her idol. When she chose the Lord Almighty, her teacher demanded a more appropriate idol, like, er … Michael Jackson?

“But my teacher said I couldn’t write about God. She said It has something to do with God and God can’t be my idol,”

Students have their First Amendment rights to pray, discuss, and occasionally write about their religious beliefs, especially in a class assignment that uses religious terminology and practically begs for a faith-based response.  Or did the teacher not know the definition of “idol” before giving the assignment to the class?

And then when Erin chose God, the teacher could have just shrugged it off as a cute choice, even if it made her uncomfortable.  Instead, she turned it into an issue — and then signed off on a choice of an entertainer whose relationship with young children was suspicious enough to provoke prosecution.



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