ZitatA Maine school worker is afraid to express her faith or even to wear religious jewelry, out of concern that her school would fire her. She had told one of her coworkers, who attended the same church, that she would pray for him. While he thanked her at the time, he later seemed to use the event as ammunition to retaliate against her. A letter from her employer explicitly forbade any religious phrases on school property, even in private.
"Stating, 'I will pray for you', and 'you were in my prayers' is not acceptable - even if that other person attends the same church as you," the school declared in a letter last September, threatening disciplinary action for any further religious "interaction" that would be "deemed unprofessional
ZitatA Maine school worker is afraid to express her faith or even to wear religious jewelry, out of concern that her school would fire her. She had told one of her coworkers, who attended the same church, that she would pray for him. While he thanked her at the time, he later seemed to use the event as ammunition to retaliate against her. A letter from her employer explicitly forbade any religious phrases on school property, even in private.
"Stating, 'I will pray for you', and 'you were in my prayers' is not acceptable - even if that other person attends the same church as you," the school declared in a letter last September, threatening disciplinary action for any further religious "interaction" that would be "deemed unprofessional