"Reeser destroyed the work because he thought it was full of lies, it offended his faith and he didn't want his granddaughter exposed to the graphic nature of the painting, something he considered to be "an obscenity."
Didn't the Taliban say something similar about the ancient statues they blew up in Afghanistan?
"Reeser destroyed the work because he thought it was full of lies, it offended his faith and he didn't want his granddaughter exposed to the graphic nature of the painting, something he considered to be "an obscenity."
Didn't the Taliban say something similar about the ancient statues they blew up in Afghanistan?
That was exactly my thought as well. This is outrageous.
This is the kind of thing that a janitor should have been fired for. He destroyed school property because it offended his delicate religious sensitivities, and he doesn't get punished in any way?
Worse yet, we run the risk of all conservatives being lumped in with this thug. The only good news I see here is that the Dover School Board's lie is now fully exposed for what it is.