<p>Couple of points: As many people point out, the phrase “separation of church and state” does not appear in the Constitution or the Declaration. However, it was first stated by a founding father. I believe it was Jefferson, but not 100% sure. So the separation was very important. The fathers saw too many wars over religion, and wanted the government to stay out of the religion-supporting business.</p>
<p>Second, an earlier poster said the quoted news article gave the full story. That’s not true, if you happen to actually read it. It gives the allegations that are part of the teacher’s suit. This presents only one side. The school declined to comment. I don’t know the full story either. But, reading between the lines, you see that the school had already put this teacher under watch. He says it was because he was a Christian. Do any of you really think the school only had one Christian employee? I have a hunch that what was happening was that this teacher, under the guise of teaching history, was really trying to proselityze (oops, can’t spell that word worth a darn). So the school tried to restrict his activities. </p>
<p>I’m a committed Christian myself, and I am sometimes pressured by my church to try to use my position at work to bring employees to Christ. But I don’t believe that someone in a senior position should try to impose religion on people. It’s not, shall we say, Christian ?</p>