{"id":8212,"date":"2013-01-14T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=8212"},"modified":"2017-02-08T22:14:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T05:14:48","slug":"ohio-school-district-defies-freedom-from-religion-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/01\/ohio-school-district-defies-freedom-from-religion-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio School District Defies Freedom From Religion Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>It isn\u2019t civil disobedience. It\u2019s disobedience of bullies with a word processor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refuse to let them tell you what to do.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all it takes to stand up to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the self-appointed United States Supreme Court in absentia who rains down threatening letters on unsuspecting government officials at laser printer speed.<\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t do what they tell you to do.<\/p>\n

A case in point is the Jackson Country School District in Ohio. They\u2019ve decided to keep a portrait of Jesus right where it is, despite receiving their personal copy of the ubiquitous FFF threat.<\/p>\n

The Christian Post article describing this situation reads in part:<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Anugrah Kumar<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0Christian Post Contributor<\/div>\n
January 12, 2013|2:55 pm<\/div>\n

Hundreds of community members hailed a school district in Ohio for deciding to let a portrait of Jesus Christ stay at the\u00a0hallway of a middle school, which was threatened with a\u00a0lawsuit by Freedom From Religion Foundation.<\/h2>\n

\u201cI\u2019m certainly not going to run down there and take the picture down because some group from Madison, Wis. who knows nothing about the\u00a0culture<\/a>\u00a0of our community or why the picture is even there, wants me to take it down,\u201d\u00a0Jackson County<\/strong>\u00a0School District Superintendent Phil Howard told WKKJ.<\/p>\n

In a Jan. 2 letter to the district, the FFRF demanded the portrait, which hangs in the Jackson Middle School building, be removed, saying it is unconstitutional government endorsement of Christianity.<\/p>\n

Howard said the portrait \u2013 placed in 1947 by a local chapter of the Young Men\u2019s Christian Association \u2013 is one of several displays in the school\u2019s Hall of Honor. \u201cWe\u2019re not violating the law and the picture is legal because it has historical significance. It hasn\u2019t hurt anyone.\u201d
\nRead more at\u00a0http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/jesus-portrait-to-stay-at-ohio-school-defying-atheist-demands-88147\/#XigDdUag7uk2vOat.99<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It isn\u2019t civil disobedience. It\u2019s disobedience of bullies with a word processor. Refuse to let them tell you what to do. That\u2019s all it takes to stand up to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the self-appointed United States Supreme Court in absentia who rains down threatening letters on unsuspecting government officials at laser printer speed. 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