College Censorship

This morning, we are continuing to work on the case involving Bethany, the college student who was told that her paper would not be given the appropriate review and grade because she mentioned God in it.  Bethany is scheduled to make her oral presentation to her professor today.  At this point, we are prepared to commence the appropriate legal response, starting this afternoon. 

In her English 101 course, Bethany was told that she could pick the topic to be discussed in the quarterly term paper.  She chose to discuss Religion and its Place within the Government.  The professor responded by noting the controversial nature of the topic, calling it one the two most taboo and subjective topics.  While he approved the paper, he had a specific request that Bethany not mention God in the paper.  In fact, in an email, the professor specifically told Bethany I have one limiting factorno mention of big G gods, i.e., one, true god argumentation.  He went on to say in the same email that the separation of church and state has to be respected, and it would be more appropriate to discuss the topic from a different vantage point.  Specifically, the professor stated that perhaps Religion has no place in government would be a more viable and topical subject.

We anticipate considerable activity on this case next week and encourage you to go to the www.aclj.org website to keep up to date.