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Mother sues over son’s Jesus costume
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Feb 22, 2007 02:29pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer |
| News Date | Thursday, February 22, 2007 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | An Abington Township mother and her 10-year old son have sued the Abington school district, saying that the principal at the Willow Hill elementary school there would not allow the boy to wear a Jesus costume, complete with a paper-and-twig crown of thorns, during a Halloween parade last fall.
Instead, the suit says, the boy was told that he could wear only his white robe, without the crown, and represent himself as a Roman emperor.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the federal court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, says that the district violated the free speech, religious expression and due process rights of the fourth grade student, whom it refers to by his initials, E.D.T., and of his mother, Donna Brewer. E.D.T. has since left the district and is enrolled in a cyber charter school. |
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