Video: Religious Liberties at Public School
Public school students and teachers don’t check their religious liberties at the schoolhouse doors. Watch this video to learn about the religious freedoms students and teachers enjoy.
Public school students and teachers don’t check their religious liberties at the schoolhouse doors. Watch this video to learn about the religious freedoms students and teachers enjoy.
This month Family Research Council published a list of seven religious liberties everyone needs to know that public school students have.
FRC writes,
Censoring of religious expression in schools often comes from teachers and school administrators being unaware of students’ freedoms. However, the U.S. Department of Education has already clarified that students are free to speak about their faith at school. . . .Since 1995, the U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines clarifying students’ freedom to express their faith. There are seven key liberties every student and educator needs to know.
Family Research Council says those seven rights are:
This is a welcome reminder once again that student’s and teachers do not shed their religious liberties at the schoolhouse doors.
One way we encourage students to exercise these religious liberties is to take part in the annual Bring Your Bible to School Day that Focus on the Family organizes each year. You can learn more about Bring Your Bible to School Day here.
You can download FRC’s printable flyer explaining these seven liberties here.
Photo Credit: Batotman [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
A group of high school cheerleaders in Texas has won a victory for religious liberty.
Watch the video below to learn more.