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08 Oct 2006 05:09:31 PM |
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School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
On Friday, Harrison school board members voted 4-1 to settle a lawsuit
filed by Americans United For Separation of Church and State and the
American Civil Liberties Union over the portrait.
The portrait, Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ", had been
hanging at Bridgeport High for at least 35 years. In June, the two
groups sued the school board, county superintendent and the
school's principal, claiming the art infringed on
students' constitutional rights to religious freedom.
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| User: "Jim Hawkins" |
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| Title: Re: School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
08 Oct 2006 05:30:38 PM |
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"Brian Westley" <westley@visi.com> wrote in message
news:12iic6bit6eq7d0@corp.supernews.com...
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
On Friday, Harrison school board members voted 4-1 to settle a lawsuit
filed by Americans United For Separation of Church and State and the
American Civil Liberties Union over the portrait.
The portrait, Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ", had been
hanging at Bridgeport High for at least 35 years. In June, the two
groups sued the school board, county superintendent and the
school's principal, claiming the art infringed on
students' constitutional rights to religious freedom.
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And did the school remove it ?
Jim Hawkins
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| User: "Ash" |
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| Title: Re: School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
11 Oct 2006 05:25:36 PM |
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Brian Westley wrote:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
On Friday, Harrison school board members voted 4-1 to settle a lawsuit
filed by Americans United For Separation of Church and State and the
American Civil Liberties Union over the portrait.
The portrait, Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ", had been
hanging at Bridgeport High for at least 35 years. In June, the two
groups sued the school board, county superintendent and the
school's principal, claiming the art infringed on
students' constitutional rights to religious freedom.
...
This was mentioned at Dispatches from the Culture wars
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2006/10/conflicting_stories_in_jesus_p_1.php
Apparently both sides are claiming victory
The ADF, which apparently intervened at some point to represent the school board in negotiations, put out a press release declaring that the settlement "conforms to the board's consistent position that school officials did not violate the Establishment Clause by having had a painting of Jesus Christ on one of its walls."
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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| Title: Re: School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
11 Oct 2006 05:44:41 PM |
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Ash <ash.amanic@virgin.net> writes:
Brian Westley wrote:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
On Friday, Harrison school board members voted 4-1 to settle a lawsuit
filed by Americans United For Separation of Church and State and the
American Civil Liberties Union over the portrait.
The portrait, Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ", had been
hanging at Bridgeport High for at least 35 years. In June, the two
groups sued the school board, county superintendent and the
school's principal, claiming the art infringed on
students' constitutional rights to religious freedom.
...
This was mentioned at Dispatches from the Culture wars
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2006/10/conflicting_stories_in_jesus_p_1.php
Apparently both sides are claiming victory
The ADF, which apparently intervened at some point to represent the school board in negotiations, put out a press release declaring that the settlement "conforms to the board's consistent position that school officials did not violate the Establishment Clause by having had a painting of Jesus Christ on one of its walls."
Heh, "we won, but the picture was taken down and we promise
never to do it again. But we won."
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
08 Oct 2006 06:10:32 PM |
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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:09:31 +0000, Brian Westley wrote:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
They spent $19,000 of tax money to defend a "portrait" of a guy nobody
knows what the hell he actually looked like?
And people wonder why we're behind the entire rest of the first world in
education...
--
Mark K. Bilbo
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for everything bad that happened during and after
Hurricane Katrina, the truth is that the people
who lived here were much more prepared for a big
storm than the federal government that promised
us flood protection." [Jarvis DeBerry]
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V180525DC
"Everything New Orleans"
http://www.nola.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: School gives up attempt to defend Jesus portrait |
11 Oct 2006 02:45:51 PM |
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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:10:32 -0500, "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo>
wrote in alt.atheism
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:09:31 +0000, Brian Westley wrote:
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006100632
ACLU vs. Harrison County ends
School board votes 4-1 to settle lawsuit over Jesus painting
By Anna L. Mallory
Staff writer
After spending close to $19,000 to defend itself, the Harrison County
Board of Education has decided to end a legal battle over a portrait of
Jesus Christ that once hung in a county high school.
They spent $19,000 of tax money to defend a "portrait" of a guy nobody
knows what the hell he actually looked like?
Of course! It wasn't money out of their bank accounts.
And people wonder why we're behind the entire rest of the first world in
education...
Actually many yearn to bring education to the tail end of fourth world.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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