MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
I am all for respecting others' religious beliefs, but come on-is that really offensive to someone's beliefs,a picture of a nickel on an elementary school yearbook? What's next? It's on the nickel, but now we have to censor it out?
The sticker is just as weird though
Dallasnews.com
WFAA-TV
The freedom of religion at Liberty Elementary School has gone too far for some parents at the Colleyville school.
The cover of the Keller ISD school's annual depicts the 2005 Liberty Nickel – complete with the face of Thomas Jefferson – but the words "In God We Trust" are missing.
Instead, the $16 yearbook contains a sticker with the credo and directions on how to apply it to the cover if the owner chooses.
Debbi Ackerman was one of the parents who questioned the missing phrase when her daughter brought the annual home from school.
"She said the teachers told them there was some people who didn't believe in God, and that when they got home – don't do it at school – but affix it when they got home," Mrs. Ackerman said.
"We are just shocked and saddened that it's come to this and it hit right in our back yard."
The Keller school district's policy is to remain neutral on religion.
A spokesman for the PTA, which produced the book, says it simply adhered to that rule.
"I have heard both sides of the argument, so we decided to not step on anybody's toes and take it off," PTA spokesman Tom Gardner said.
A spokesman for the district agreed.
"In this case, I think it was the principal making every effort to make sure that all faiths were respected," Jason Meyer said.
The sticker is just as weird though
Dallasnews.com
WFAA-TV
The freedom of religion at Liberty Elementary School has gone too far for some parents at the Colleyville school.
The cover of the Keller ISD school's annual depicts the 2005 Liberty Nickel – complete with the face of Thomas Jefferson – but the words "In God We Trust" are missing.
Instead, the $16 yearbook contains a sticker with the credo and directions on how to apply it to the cover if the owner chooses.
Debbi Ackerman was one of the parents who questioned the missing phrase when her daughter brought the annual home from school.
"She said the teachers told them there was some people who didn't believe in God, and that when they got home – don't do it at school – but affix it when they got home," Mrs. Ackerman said.
"We are just shocked and saddened that it's come to this and it hit right in our back yard."
The Keller school district's policy is to remain neutral on religion.
A spokesman for the PTA, which produced the book, says it simply adhered to that rule.
"I have heard both sides of the argument, so we decided to not step on anybody's toes and take it off," PTA spokesman Tom Gardner said.
A spokesman for the district agreed.
"In this case, I think it was the principal making every effort to make sure that all faiths were respected," Jason Meyer said.