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Now lawyers involved in 'Bless you' sneeze fight
WND ^ | Bob Unruh

Posted on 08/28/2014 4:58:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Banning a student from saying “bless you” when another student sneezes and threatening punishment is against the law, warns a constitutional lawyer in a letter to school officials in Dyer County, Tennessee.

“It is unlawful for a school official to kick a student out of class for quietly blessing another student after she sneezes,” says the letter to Supt. Dwight Hedge from Jeremiah Dys, senior counsel for the nonprofit legal organization Liberty Institute.

Kendra Turner said she was suspended Aug. 18 by her teacher, Eva Kindle, at Dyer County High School, who said that kind of “godly speaking” is only for church.

“Within seven days, we require that Dyer County Public Schools issue a written and unequivocal public apology for unlawfully disciplining Ms. Turner for her protected religious speech,” Dys writes.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
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To: NRA1995

Liberals SAY they hate bigotry and bullying,
but that’s just the “front” for an anti-Christian agenda,
to push their perverted anti-God views.


21 posted on 08/28/2014 7:04:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
The secular humanists and atheists are out of control!

Do they realize that their time is short?

22 posted on 08/28/2014 8:24:17 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: Rebelbase

No, bless your heart


23 posted on 08/28/2014 8:29:17 AM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: RoosterRedux

Irony?

http://www.stategazette.com/story/1093859/photo/1036069.html


24 posted on 08/28/2014 9:15:32 AM PDT by Zalmon
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To: Rebelbase

Thank you, vaya con pollos


25 posted on 08/28/2014 9:31:18 AM PDT by southernmann
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To: Slyfox

I think so!


26 posted on 08/28/2014 8:06:45 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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