Marc Schneider, Charlie Steele and Jonathan Steele participated in a federal mediation last week that culminated in settling an "Establishment Clause" case against a Mercer County School District. School officials were complicit in conducting prayer groups during the school day, with a teacher facilitating the participation of local ministers in religious activities with students. Months earlier, the Superintendent invited ministers to an in-service meeting of teachers, where teachers were asked to pray with local ministers during their work day. School officials also distributed religious literature at school by having elementary students take the material home.
To some persons, religion in school sounds like a good idea, religion being the moral education of young students. However, religious freedom for all begins with separating government and religion, lest we be forced by government to worship a particular religion. All of us, believers, non believers, and doubters have the right to a public education free from the coercion of a particular religious group's teachings.
The employees who brought the suit, and suffered work place retaliation for defending the Constitutional rights of students and teachers to be free from religious coercion, were compensated for "hostile work" environment and reinstatement damages.
Steele Schneider is a civil rights law firm and we are proud to defend the Constitutional rights of our clients.
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