Two Florida school officials won't go to jail for praying

[kandrathe]

I have the impression that the ACLU doesn't bother with cases where some other organization will do the same work. Probably a finance or resource thingie. Why use up ACLU resources when you know that some social-conservative group like Family Research Council or somebody is going to use their resources?

I would bet, in this case, there's probably more to the story.

The most likely "more to the story": If people know the teacher is Wiccan, they'd look at everything he does as a Wiccan thing. For example, if he has everyone take a deep breath before starting class, some students would tell people that he's doing a Wiccan ceremony. People see what they think they're going to see. It's kind of like the suspicion that many people had when a Democrat president gives a speech to schoolchildren, he's out to indoctrinate them, right?

I would also bet, that if the story is indeed true, and no roundhead group steps up, the ACLU would eventually contest Wicca practices led by a teacher in a public school classroom. (Well, except for blood orgies, those are pretty secular.)

My children are not to the age where I need to be concerned yet about crazy teachers. I do meet each new teacher before school though to assure myself they are sane, and won't damage my child's psyche. At least, not damage their psyche any worse than I would were I to home school them. :)

From what I've heard the teacher in question is a bit kooky, and has come to school in full druid costume. But, then it might have been Halloween for all I know. You can't really trust hearsay. I just look back at the cavalcade of bizarre that educated me... ...they make Mrs Edelson (MIB) look fairly normal.