Teacher Sues School Over Harry Potter
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Woman seeks damages from primary school
Posted on : 2007-06-09 | Author : Entertainment News Editor
News Category : US
LONDON, June 9 (UPI) A British teaching assistant is suing an elementary school in London after being disciplined for refusing to listen to a child read a "Harry Potter" book. Sariya Allen told a tribunal she resigned from her post at Durand Primary School after being suspended for "her obstructive conduct over time," the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Allen claims she was "harassed, humiliated and discriminated" against because of her religious beliefs. Her last alleged act of "obstructive conduct" before resigning in 2006 was refusing to listen to a 7-year-old girl read a "Harry Potter" book because she said it was against her Christian faith. Her employers disciplined her after she told the girl "I don't do witchcraft in any form" and said she would be "cursed" by hearing the novel. She is seeking about $100,000 in damages from her former school for religious discrimination.
"I admit I said to the child that I don't do witchcraft in any form," she said. "I was put in the position that listening to the child reading this book would compromise my religious beliefs." -
wtf
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Then so?
Who are we to question to her faith?
If you feel that it's wrong, you won't do it. Simple.
Nobody can force you to kill if you don't want to, unless your will simply not strong enough.
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agree!Originally posted by gigabyte14:wtf
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The issue here is not her faith. The issue here is whether she can do her job.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Then so?
Who are we to question to her faith?
If you feel that it's wrong, you won't do it. Simple.
Nobody can force you to kill if you don't want to, unless your will simply not strong enough.
Excluding certain circumstances.
If she doesn't want to listen to the child read Harry Potter, she can resign. However, she wants to keep her job.
The US has what is called the Establishment clause in the Bill of Rights. It states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". As a teacher in a public school, she cannot allow her religious views to influence how she does her job.
Another example is school prayer. Students are allowed to pray in school. However, the school cannot announce through the PA system "let's all bow our heads in prayer." Teachers also cannot lead prayer.
If you break this separation of church and state, it opens a whole can of worms. For example, a teacher might be able to reject a reading of "The Canterbury Tales" because it draws many allusions to the Christian God and the Bible and the teacher believes in some other god. -
Miss/Mister, the school is in London. I don't understand how the laws in US can affect a teacher in the UK.Originally posted by Phaze:The issue here is not her faith. The issue here is whether she can do her job.
If she doesn't want to listen to the child read Harry Potter, she can resign. However, she wants to keep her job.
The US has what is called the Establishment clause in the Bill of Rights. It states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". As a teacher in a public school, she cannot allow her religious views to influence how she does her job.
Another example is school prayer. Students are allowed to pray in school. However, the school cannot announce through the PA system "let's all bow our heads in prayer." Teachers also cannot lead prayer.
If you break this separation of church and state, it opens a whole can of worms. For example, a teacher might be able to reject a reading of "The Canterbury Tales" because it draws many allusions to the Christian God and the Bible and the teacher believes in some other god. -
Post this @ Light of Atlantis instead. People over there are more knowledgeable on such matters.