https://freerepublic.com/tag/thanksgivingpoem/ en-us Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:25:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309334/posts 'Tis the season not to offend anyone? Friday, December 10, 2004 Kaeley Hay is your typical fifth-grader from Garwood, N.J. Kaeley and her classmates were given the assignment of writing a Thanksgiving Day poem. Who would have thought that such a traditional classroom exercise would trigger a Constitutional crisis? But, according the Newark Star-Ledger, that's pretty much what happened. Kaeley's verse was such a hit with her classmates that her rhyme was posted on the hallway bulletin board. The problem arose when school officials decided that the literary work of a 10-year-old violated the sacrosanct "separation between Church and State."... Town Online https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309334/posts#comment Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:25:37 GMT