Massachusetts School Suspends Child For Drawing Crucifix
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 7:06 PM
In Massachusetts an 8 year-old was suspended for drawing a crucifix at school.
It was offensive.
The Taunton Gazette reported:
A Taunton father is outraged after his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross.
The father said he got a call earlier this month from Maxham Elementary School informing him that his son, a second-grade student, had created a violent drawing. The image in question depicted a crucified Jesus with Xs covering his eyes to signify that he had died on the cross. The boy wrote his name above the cross.
“As far as I’m concerned, they’re violating his religion,” the incredulous father said.
He requested that his name and his son’s name be withheld from publication to protect the boy.
The student drew the picture shortly after taking a family trip to see the Christmas display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, a Christian retreat site in Attleboro. He made the drawing in class after his teacher asked the children to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas, the father said.
But GLSEN books promoting sex between first graders are promoted, of course.
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locomotivebreath1901 commented:
It makes perfect dissonant liberal sense: an amoral, secular gub’mint school which tolerates everything can’t be expected to tolerate Christian symbolism during a class assignment about Christmas.
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Ripped commented:
From the land Bawney Fwank
IOpian commented:
At some point it needs to be driven into the thick skulls ( or thin budgets ) of educators what ‘Congress shall make no laws’ means…. with the right to freely practice one’s religion any place they choose being the first one specified.
A Reagan in Mo commented:
Be careful with this story, it states that the boy was drawing himself on the cross with Xs where the eyes should be. That is the reason for the evaluation.
I love this blog, you bring a lot to light that will not see the light in the MSM, but you have to read the whole story on things like this.
Bobbi commented:
this has got to stop
Dell commented:
Just freakin unbelievable….that’s what it is….and YES, I read the whole thing.
God Bless this child…and I’ll say a prayer for the incredibly misguided adult who made this unbelievable decision.
The child did exactly as he was asked, and for that he’s sent to a shrink? I’m thinking somebody needs to seek help, but it’s not the child.
Chisum commented:
I think I know why they got so mad. He drew the wrong Messiah.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-artwork-o-day.html
averagemelon commented:
I wonder what they would have done if a Muslim drew a picture of Mohammed with little girls in his bedroom……
NC Cop commented:
Silly little boy!!! If only he’d brought a gun or some crack to school, they probably wouldn’t have gotten as upset!!
Militant Conservative commented:
As I posted on this Blog earlier today. Liberism targets the removal of GOD in all forms from society to facilitate the breakdown of the society. The try at saying it was the youth on the cross is a poor grab at a straw to save thier own butt. Keep the heat up, we are winning. We surround them.
JR in FL commented:
Chisum –> I think I know why they got so mad. He drew the wrong Messiah.
You’re exactly correct. The people who sent this child home should be the ones to have a “psychological evaluation” and then FIRED !!!
AuntieMadder commented:
Related from Atlas Shrugs: Public School Second Graders Sing About Allah?
(snip) Here’s what the children were assigned to sing:
“Allah is God, we recall at dawn,
Praying ‘til night during Ramadan
At this joyful time we pray happiness for you,
Allah be with you all your life through.”
But when it came time to perform the “Christian” part of Christmas, children were assigned to say:
“I didn’t know there was a little boy at the manger. What child is this?
I’m not sure if there was a little boy or not.
Then why did you paint one on your nativity window?
I just thought if there was a little boy, I’d like to know exactly what he (sic) say.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/public-school-second-graders-sing-about-allah.html
As a girl, I was taught about the persecution of Christians in ancient Rome and about persecution of Jews throughout time and was taught that there would be a resurgence of the persecution of both but I didn’t think I would see it in my lifetime. At 45 years old, I see I was wrong. It’s unbelievable to me how much this country has changed in the last few decades.
Anthony Mator commented:
This is probably not an anti-Christian issue as much as it is an issue of the incompetence of the public school system in dealing with child discipline and the potential threat of violence. Administrators don’t know what to do, so they enact draconian zero-tolerance (i.e. zero brain usage) policies that punish kindergarten kids for having a butter knife in their lunchbox. God forbid I would have grown up in a school like that, because I drew a lot of pictures when I was a kid, and many of those pictures were far more disturbing than what this kid created.
Don’t be afraid to let children express a dark or unpleasant emotion. It doesn’t mean they are going to kill anyone, and it doesn’t even mean they need counseling. Otherwise, every artist in Hollywood would have to be locked up in the asylum. This knee-jerk “everyone should just be happy and safe and stocked up with condoms” approach to child-rearing has got to go.
John Corn commented:
Whoever made the decision to suspend the kid should be prosecuted to the max for child molestation, minimum sentence of 8-15 years.
Peter Warner commented:
Public (government) school seems to be incapable of appreciating, understanding or simply respecting a Biblical faith. I’d like to know how much time any of the teachers or administrators involved in this travesty spent personally studying the Bible in the last year. To them, a devout Jew or Christian way of thinking is virtually alien.
In a word, government schooling is unhealthy.
Best regards, Peter Warner.
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