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My daughter came to us on the first day of school telling us that one of her teachers had a cross and a Bible quote on the wall. I didn't want to get my daughter into trouble by letting the principal know about it myself since they would attach my name to it and she might face retaliation. So I wrote to the FFRF, sent them a picture my daughter drew of the cross and the Bible quote (no phones in class, so she couldn't get a photo).

Not only were they responsive quickly when I contacted them, within a few weeks, they sent an email to the school superintendent with all the relevant legal information as to why this teacher needs to take the cross and Bible quote down and without identifying who reported her.

I'm not a member due to some financial issues right now, but as soon as those clear up, I am going to join. They do good work.

Consider joining yourself: https://ffrf.org/

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fwiw I think this was a fine question. I’m an atheist who was raised Christian and left it, so I find myself reacting more emotionally towards Christianity in a negative way than towards other religions, but in spite of that I still draw my own personal line pretty pragmatically. I don’t see religion coming close to going away during my lifetime, and I also know a lot of Christians who are great, caring people. (Even though I know some shitheads too.) So I try to teach my daughter that we can think a religion is wrong and even stupid, but we should never use that to pre-judge any given person solely on their religion, and we shouldn’t be rude to people about their religion.

I think OP was perfectly within their rights to do what they did, and I’m very happy to know that the FFRF does this sort of thing. For me personally, I would probably need more direct pushing of religion from a teacher to go to the FFRF.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For me personally, I would probably need more direct pushing of religion from a teacher to go to the FFRF.

This was my thought too, but if OPs daughter expressed her discomfort and they feared repercussions if the teacher knew who reported them, I can see why they took this course.

Thanks for your response!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, 100% agree. If my daughter expressed feeling unwelcome then I’m doing something.