Christian T-Shirt Troubles School

When did Christian become a bad word in America?  When did the First Amendment become so distorted?  Is it because the progressive left's socialist goals for America conflict with Christianity?

Last October, students at Hicksville High School requested official recognition for the Frontline Club. They had a dozen classmates willing to join the club and had secured a faculty advisor. However, the principal denied their request – and said she did not want a Christian club in her school.

A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the group of Christian high school students in New York who said their principal banned them from starting a Christian club.

“The principal said, ‘I don’t want any of these Christian clubs at my school,’” said David Cortman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative advocacy legal group.  The ADF filed the lawsuit Monday against the Hicksville Union Free School District in Central Islip, NY.

“Public schools cannot ban Christian student clubs simply because they are religious,” Cortman said. “If officials at government-run schools did their homework, they’d know that students have a constitutionally protected right to express their beliefs.”

Parents received a letter from the school explaining the club ban was due to financial issues.  “She (the principal) stated that they didn’t have money in the budget for a Christian club,” said Cortman. “But they allowed a ping pong club, a ski club, a debate club and in fact, they are funding 35 clubs.”

“It’s ridiculous that Hicksville High School says it has no budget for a Christian club but somehow has enough for a ping pong club.

Then a Missouri teenager was sent to the principal’s office after she wore a Christian-themed t-shirt to class. The shirt read, “Jesus, He Scares The Hell Out Of You.”

Michelle Ramirez, a student at North Kirkwood Middle School, got the shirt from her church youth group. She said she’s worn it a number of times without any problem. But she was pulled out of class and sent to the principal’s office after someone said the word “Hell” was an offensive slang word.

“Outside the school environment, it might be fine,” Kirkwood School District Community Relations Director Ginger Fletcher told KTVI-TV. “But anything within the school that is inappropriate, vulgar, use of language might create a disruption in the school, we’ll ask the student to modify the garment.”

When she wouldn't change shirts school officials removed her from class and she was forced to complete her schoolwork apart from her classmates.

The progressive left socialists hate Christians and Christianity.  You can't have their views and be Christian.  They can't accept the concept of Christian.  They try to talk a good game how they are Christian, then they do something to impede Christians.

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