The article I found was on a fifth grader in Pennsylvania. Her church was putting on a Christmas party for kids with lots of games and prizes. She wanted to invite her classmates so she handed out flyers before the first bell for school rang. However, her teacher told her that she needed to stop because she needed permission from the principle first. She did.
When the father called the principle to see if they had been approved, his response was, "all flyers that are non-school related must be approved by the Superintendent's office. We recieved a call today stating that it would not be permissable to distribute the flyers." Meaning she was not allowed student to student distribution during non-instructional time nor was she allowed to use the take-home flyer forum or the literature distribution letter.
The father wanted to know why you could pass out invitations for personal parties with no questions asked but once it came to a Christmas party at his daughters church, it was denied. He got no response.
The schools policy is to ban all expression on the subject of religion, the policy is unconstitutional in that it therefore restricts speech.
I dont think its fair in the least bit. The little girl is in no way promoting her religion nor is she shoving it down her classmates throats. She is only inviting them to a free Christmas party, a night of fun.
Interesting details. How do you feel like this affected the community?
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