Post by Paddy by Grace on Feb 25, 2009 12:30:32 GMT -7
www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=426020
Exposure' to Christian music leads to lawsuitCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 2/23/2009 5:40:00 AM
The Pacific Justice Institute has filed suit on behalf of a young supervisor of foster care children.
In the summer of 2006, the 18-year-old counselor took four girls on an approved outing to the beach where there was a "Surf Jam" at a pier where several bands played. Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, says one of the bands performed Christian music for about ten minutes while the youngsters had lunch.
"Consequently, this counselor was not just reprimanded," shares Dacus; "this counselor was in fact suspended for six weeks without pay simply and solely because some of those foster care children were exposed to some music that had some Christian lyrics."
And the other bands? "One of the other bands there had some outrageously immoral lyrics, and another band had some other lyrics that were very immoral," says the attorney.
According to PJI, the counselor was suspended for "exposing children to unapproved religious activities." But Dacus says no one has established that the girls were offended or harmed by the Christian music.
"What happened to this counselor was insane and unjust," he says in a press statement. "Allowing teenagers to overhear a few minutes of Christian music while at the beach should not result in a six-week suspension."
According to PJI, the 18-year-old Christian counselor exhausted all possible remedies before filing suit.
Exposure' to Christian music leads to lawsuitCharlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 2/23/2009 5:40:00 AM
The Pacific Justice Institute has filed suit on behalf of a young supervisor of foster care children.
In the summer of 2006, the 18-year-old counselor took four girls on an approved outing to the beach where there was a "Surf Jam" at a pier where several bands played. Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, says one of the bands performed Christian music for about ten minutes while the youngsters had lunch.
"Consequently, this counselor was not just reprimanded," shares Dacus; "this counselor was in fact suspended for six weeks without pay simply and solely because some of those foster care children were exposed to some music that had some Christian lyrics."
And the other bands? "One of the other bands there had some outrageously immoral lyrics, and another band had some other lyrics that were very immoral," says the attorney.
According to PJI, the counselor was suspended for "exposing children to unapproved religious activities." But Dacus says no one has established that the girls were offended or harmed by the Christian music.
"What happened to this counselor was insane and unjust," he says in a press statement. "Allowing teenagers to overhear a few minutes of Christian music while at the beach should not result in a six-week suspension."
According to PJI, the 18-year-old Christian counselor exhausted all possible remedies before filing suit.