WNDNews - Bible Verses Banned in Valentines

February 22, 2012

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Free Speech

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By Dave Tombers, WND.com

A battle over words erupted in Wisconsin after school officials censored messages of “Jesus Loves You” and “John 3:16″ brought by a student in response to an invitation to share Valentine’s Day cards and treats with classmates.

The student, Dexter Thielhelm of James Madison Elementary School in Sheboygan, and his mother, Melissa Wolf, now are working with the American Center for Law and Justice to educate the educators that second graders also have constitutionally protected rights to free speech.

“Truly, it is astonishing that 43 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the free speech rights of students, including religious speech by students, we still have schools violating those rights,” ACLJ Senior Counsel David French told WND. . . .

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