Illinois Senior Defending Right to Say ‘God Bless’ in School
ACLJ and Client Hope School Board Will Rescind Student’s One-Month Suspension. A suspension resulting from the student closing school’s broadcast with “Have a safe and happy holiday, and God bless.”
bq.. _(AgapePress) – A pro-family law firm is defending a Christian student who was kicked off his public school’s daily TV broadcast program for uttering two words while on the air: “God bless.”_
Dupo High School in Dupo, Illinois, has suspended senior James Lord for at least a month for telling people before the Christmas vacation: “Have a safe and happy holiday, and God bless.” The school claims Lord’s comment was inappropriate for public school and violated the so-called “separation of Church and State.”
But his attorney, Frank Manion with the American Center for Law and Justice, says the school acted unconstitutionally. “This is, at best, a sham, an over-reaction, [and] a misinterpretation of what the law requires with regard to religion in schools,” Manion says. “We are prepared to vindicated James’ First Amendment free-speech rights in court, if necessary—and we hope it won’t be necessary.”
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