Posted on 05/03/2015 7:17:12 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
MERIWETHER COUNTY, Ga. -A Meriwether County high school principal claims he was fired after he prayed with a group of students during a volunteer Christian meeting.
Dr. Michael Lehr said he just wants the facts to come out and that he's relying on his faith to get him through this.
News Radio 106.7's Nathalie Pozo spoke with several students and parents who are outraged this happened to what they call a kind, dedicated, well respected man. Now, the community is rallying behind him.
“It is breaking our hearts its breaking our hearts… because it is not supposed to be like this,” one parent said.
Last Wednesday, during a volunteer Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting, the Manchester High School principal said he filled in for the organization's leader and read scripture as well as prayed with students in attendance.
“Because this is a Christian community and I want my daughter to pray,” said another parent.
Dr. Lehr who did not want to speak on camera said he had his annual evaluation two days later with the county's school superintendent. He says at that meeting, Superintendent Carol Lane put him on indefinite administrative leave for the remainder of his contract which expires in June for leading prayers at the FCA meeting.
“What do you expect at a Christian meeting except prayer and Bible reading,” one parent noted.
“I want prayer in this school. I am proud to see our football team take a knee and pray before and after games. And also in clubs and we're just shocked,” said parent Angila Waddell.
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I miss that nation, too. Gone for good, I’m afraid.
That's right. Why do people have such a difficult time making a distinction between good and evil?
"hey if we allow christian prayer in school dats bad cuz dats religion and if we allow dat we got to allow satanic child sacrifice 'n stuff."I have no trouble saying Christianity is good while islam and atheism is evil.
Well, obviously, since islam is evil and belongs nowhere in American society.
I am trying to have sympathy for someone who toes the State’s line, who is paid to indoctrinate school children, then doesn’t like it when they run afoul of the same system.
The Left is moving very aggressively against outlawing Christianity.
I emailed the superintendent and this is her response:
Dear Ms. Creekmore,
All the information in the newspaper is not correct and relevant information used in my decision was omitted. We uphold the Constitution, The 1st Amendment, all federal, state laws, rules and regulations.
I believe in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and I donate every month in Honor of Coach Jeremy Williams. I have this club in both of my High Schools. I believe FCA develops good Christian morals. values, and ethics in our young people.
There is another side to this story but unfortunately my hands are tied since it is a personnel issue, and I can’t give specific details. Dr. Lehr has publicly stated one week before the meeting that his contract was not being renewed.
He was not fired nor banned from the campus.
Thank you
Sincerely,
Carol L. Lane
Well, the issue with the Principle is that his actions violated the policy of his employer, the school board. I guess the same would apply to your question. Do some churches have policies against their Pastor's, or other senior administrators, doing party affiliated political work? I don't belong to a church, so I don't know the answer.
My pastor is an election judge. A school cannot have a policy regulating what outside religious activities a principal participates in. The school doesn’t own its employees. We will probably never agree, but the school didn’t fire the teacher who normally leads the group, only the principal when he filled in. Wonder why?
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