Thank you, Rev. Bob. We Christians should be the loudest voices protesting what this teacher has done. Please, folks, get this through your heads: it's both illegal and un-American to proselytize for ANY religion in a public school classroom. America is not a theocracy.
Shame on us for forcing those in the religious minority to remind us of these facts. Their fight is our fight, too. It's high time we took back our faith from the fundamentalists who bring Christ's name into disrepute.
Paul, Debra, and Matthew, I wish you all a Merry Christmas, however you choose to celebrate the season. And thank you for your courageous and principled stand.
I can see that I needn't ponder how to make my point. I can't improve on what you said in your post. May I add that as a member of a religious minority (Jewish), I am heartened by your words. I should also like to say that if a teacher (even) at my son's religious school said anything comparable to what this teacher uttered (i.e., denegrating the religious beliefs of non_jews) I would take offense. I believe my son would as well, and I certainly would take pride in his stance. I expect Matthew's parents are proud of him for this and other reasons. I am, and I don't even know him. I hope the Kearny community supports him.
By the way, this is a very well put together website.
A message of support for Matthew LaClair
in Kearny
Posted
To Citizen Williams:
I can see that I needn't ponder how to make my point. I can't improve on what you said in your post. May I add that as a member of a religious minority (Jewish), I am heartened by your words. I should also like to say that if a teacher (even) at my son's religious school said anything comparable to what this teacher uttered (i.e., denegrating the religious beliefs of non_jews) I would take offense. I believe my son would as well, and I certainly would take pride in his stance. I expect Matthew's parents are proud of him for this and other reasons. I am, and I don't even know him. I hope the Kearny community supports him.
By the way, this is a very well put together website.
Robert Koorse, M.D.
West Hartford, CT