CBS News August 20, 2014

DYER COUNTY, Tenn. (CBS Charlotte) � A high school student was allegedly suspended after breaking a class rule of saying �bless you� after a classmate sneezed.

Kendra Turner, a senior at Dyer County High School, said bless you to her classmate who sneezed and the teacher told her that the term was for church.

�She said that we�re not going to have godly speaking in her class and that�s when I said we have a constitutional right,� Turner told WMC.

When she defended her actions, the teacher told Turner to see an administrator. The student said that she had to finish the class period in in-school suspension.

The girl�s parents were told by school leaders that their daughter shouted �bless you� across the room and that it was a classroom distraction.

School officials told her parents Tuesday that the teacher claimed that their daughter was aggressive and disruptive.

But Becky Winegardner, Turner�s youth pastor, disagrees with the school�s actions of in-class suspension.

�There were several students that were talking about this particular faculty member there that was very demeaning to them in regard to their faith,� Winegardner told WMC. �This was something that had come up previously in the last few weeks just since the beginning of school and I shared with all of those students what their rights were.�

WMC reported that there are other expressions that are banned as part of class rules and they are listed on the teacher�s white board along with �bless you.�

Some of Turner�s classmates supported her Tuesday by wearing hand made bless you shirts. She explained that she doesn�t want trouble for her teacher but that she�ll stand up for her faith no matter what.

�It�s alright to defend God and it�s our constitutional right because we have a freedom of religion and freedom of speech,� Turner told WMC.

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