Ohhhhhhh the Daily Mail. It’s a sin to tell whoppers.
Headline on story about Jessica Ahlquist and the judge’s decision:
School ordered to remove ‘religious’ banner which tells pupils to be kind
Scare quotes on “religious” when the banner starts with “HEAVENLY FATHER” – does the Mail think that’s a secular greeting?
A school has been ordered to tear down a banner encouraging its pupils to be kind to one another after a judge decided it violated the First Amendment.
The banner at Cranston High School West in Rhode Island was judged to promote religion because it takes the form of a prayer addressed to ‘Our Heavenly Father’ and concluding ‘Amen’.
Yes…….a prayer that begins with “our heavenly father” and ends with “amen” is in fact religious. What else would it be?