Ed Brayton is a freelance writer and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda's Thumb. He has written for such publications as The Bard, Skeptic and Reports of the National Center for Science Education, spoken in front of many organizations and conferences, and appeared on nationally syndicated radio shows and on C-SPAN. Ed is also a Fellow with the Center for Independent Media.(static)
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Posted on: May 4, 2008 9:09 AM, by Ed Brayton
The case in Wisconsin challenging a school's ban on art with a religious theme by students has been settled, with the school agreeing to amend its policies and allow religiously themed artwork by students as long as the art satisfies the criteria of the assignment. That's the right result and it's a good thing that the school came to its senses so quickly.
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This goes both ways. In Sunday School my son was supposed to draw a picture of Jesus calming the storm. He drew Jesus in the Disneyland Jungle Cruise boat. 8^) They put it up on the wall, anyway.
Posted by: KeithB | May 5, 2008 11:47 AM
I would do likewise at my church.
Posted by: Rev. AJB | May 5, 2008 12:30 PM
The statement "the teachers had the best intentions" says it all - road to perdition and all that. This never should have happened.
For pete's sake! We're going to let students "make up their own minds" in science class, but they can't express themselves through art in a world history class? Let's do jumping-jacks in math class while we're at it, shall we? (And once you remove the sex, violence, and religion, what's left of history, may I ask?)
Posted by: Kristine | May 6, 2008 12:21 PM