Judge tosses bulk of Christian teacher's suit

[Kadie]

Posted on Fri, Apr. 29, 2005


Judge tosses bulk of Christian teacher's suit

Associated Press


SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge is dismissing the bulk of a lawsuit brought by a fifth-grade teacher who claims his lesson plan is being censored by his superiors because he is a Christian.

Stephen Williams, who teaches at Stevens Creek Elementary School in Cupertino, filed suit in November claiming Principal Patricia Vidmar and other officials illegally restricted his teachings, which included presenting historical documents referencing God.

U.S. District Judge James Ware, in dismissing much of Williams' suit on Thursday, said Williams' speech rights were not restricted because "teachers do not have a First Amendment right to determine what curriculum will be taught in the classroom."

But the judge kept the part of the suit alive in which Williams claims that because he is an avowed Christian, the principal is censoring and reviewing his supplemental teaching material while not doing the same for other teachers.

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http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/11526360.htm

[arikara]

1. Must be one of those activist judges

n/t

[Rainscents]

2. Yup!

[democracyindanger]

3. New Yorker article

that goes indepth about how the case came about, archived here:

http://www.refuseandresist.org/culture/art.php?aid=1864

Interesting read.

[Kadie]

5. Thanks for the link.

I will check it out.

[elehhhhna]

4. If he were Muslim and this was the Koran...aye carumba.