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Student Sues Wisconsin School After Getting a Zero for Religious Drawing
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| 4/1/08
Posted on 04/02/2008 5:39:37 AM PDT by NRA1995
A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference. According to the lawsuit, the student's art teacher asked his class in February to draw landscapes. The student, a senior identified in the lawsuit by the initials A.P., added a cross and the words "John 3:16 A sign of love" in his drawing.
His teacher, Julie Millin, asked him to remove the reference to the Bible, saying students were making remarks about it. He refused, and she gave him a zero on the project.
Millin showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork. The lawsuit claims Millin told the boy he had signed away his constitutional rights when he signed the policy at the beginning of the semester.
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Gotta love religious tolerance in schools!
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:39:37 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
To: NRA1995
Millin showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork What's left to draw? A bowl of fruit?
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:41:39 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: NRA1995
In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are "persons" under our Constitution. They are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect, just as they themselves must respect their obligations to the State. In our system, students may not be regarded as closed-circuit recipients of only that which the State chooses to communicate. They may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved. In the absence of a specific showing of constitutionally valid reasons to regulate their speech, students are entitled to freedom of expression of their views. Tinker V. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503.
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:43:21 AM PDT
by
fzx12345
(ACLU DELENDA EST)
To: neodad
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:43:30 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: neodad
Any principal telling a child of mine that he signed away his constitutional rights would have to watch his back around me.
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:44:01 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
To: fzx12345
I e-mailed the teacher in question, no f-bombs or threats, and my e-mail was rejected by their “postmaster.”
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:45:35 AM PDT
by
NRA1995
(Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
To: NRA1995
religious beliefs in artworkMichaelangelo would be kicked out of class as would many other great artists.
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:48:38 AM PDT
by
normy
(Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
To: NRA1995
So, let's see here, demonic heads-check, Grim Reaper with a scythe-check, a being with a horned head and protruding tongue-check, Medusa-check, but nooooooo, not a cross with scripture. The schools are showing their hand and it's definitely not good for our culture.
To: NRA1995
“The lawsuit claims Millin told the boy he had signed away his constitutional rights when he signed the policy ...”
If this boy was a minor when he signed, wouldn't that make his signature illegal or irrelevant?
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:53:15 AM PDT
by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: NRA1995
This tough-guy art teacher is all balls when dealing with a Christian student.
If Mohammed in the back of the class drew ritually beheaded Jews burning in hell, Mr. Fembo would have given him an "A" and begged not to be killed.
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:53:40 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
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posted on
04/02/2008 5:54:16 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: NRA1995
So a Wisconsin student with the talent to produce this, wouldn't be allowed to display it in school.
To: NRA1995
Copy of the drawing in question.
To: Mister Da
“If this boy was a minor when he signed, wouldn’t that make his signature illegal or irrelevant?”
If the case is pursued on those grounds, the kid will win this case.
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:03:27 AM PDT
by
TheRobb7
(How many Reagans have we lost to campaign-finance reform?)
To: neodad
Millin showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
But demons are OK???
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:05:19 AM PDT
by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
To: dead
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:07:09 AM PDT
by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
To: NRA1995
I emailed her and the principal both yesterday. Only name-calling I did was truth: called her the worst kind of fascist.
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:08:26 AM PDT
by
Tigercap
(McCain. For Supreme Court judge nominations and WOT progress if nothing else.)
To: NRA1995
Here is the school website. Has emails and phone numbers. This really disgusts me.
http://www.tomah.k12.wi.us/schools/ths/default.htm
Tomah High School
901 Lincoln Avenue
Tomah, Wisconsin 54660
Phone: 608-374-7358
Fax: 608-374-7290
Principal- Marlon Mee 374-7351
Asst. Prin.- Cale Jackson 374-7352
Asst. Prin.- Dan Reinert 374-7353
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:10:01 AM PDT
by
Tigercap
(McCain. For Supreme Court judge nominations and WOT progress if nothing else.)
To: Sgt_Schultze
A student with the talent to produce that would be beaten down in public school. Can't embarrass the underachieving slackers, you know.
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:10:05 AM PDT
by
thulldud
(Insanity: Electing John McCain again and expecting a different result.)
To: neodad
>Millin showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork
"What's left to draw? A bowl of fruit?" HA!!
Nope.
...too homophobic.
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posted on
04/02/2008 6:11:37 AM PDT
by
Landru
(~& when the band you're in starts playing *different * tunes...)
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