Tuesday, August 25, 2015

USA: Kansas Public School Takes Down Portrait Of Jesus After Complaint

But that decision is not sitting well with some, including a number of residents who've posted complaints on the school's Facebook page, blaming "outsiders" for the portrait's removal.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Huffington Pos
By Ed Mazza | Auugust 25, 2015

The display was called "an egregious violation of the First Amendment."

A Kansas school has taken down a portrait of Jesus Christ after being threatened with legal action, and some parents and former students aren't happy about the decision.

Royster Middle School, a public school in the city of Chanute, had been displaying a print of Warner Sallman’s “Head of Christ" since the 1950s, according to Reuters. The portrait was removed earlier this week after the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent the district a letter warning that the display was "an egregious violation of the First Amendment," according to an FFRF news release.

The school district's attorneys agreed.

"I conferred with legal counsel and both of them told me to be in compliance with state and federal law that we had to have it removed," Chanute Public Schools Superintendent Richard Proffitt told Reuters.

As a result, the picture of Jesus came down.

But that decision is not sitting well with some, including a number of residents who've posted complaints on the school's Facebook page, blaming "outsiders" for the portrait's removal.

Ryan Jayne, an FFRF law clerk, told Reuters that it was a local community member who brought the portrait to the organization's attention.

"They were afraid to bring it up themselves so they came to us," Jayne told the news agency. "In areas that are predominantly Christian, the backlash that non-Christians receive when they speak out against government endorsement of religion can be very severe."



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