To: redfish who wrote (69189 ) 12/20/2004 11:58:48 AM From: redfish Respond to I Speak of Dreams (Liz Ditz) links to a Mercury News article which notes that a National Prayer Day handout was one of the triggers of parent complaints against Mr. Williams: ...Noravian, whose son had Williams last year, said that the teacher wore a Jesus ring, a cross near the collar of his shirt and talked to his students often about his Bible study classes. Noravian said that when Williams sent his students home with a proclamation for national prayer day from President Bush, she and other parents complained to the principal. That story said that there were in fact multiple complaints to the principal by multiple parents. The story interviewed several parents who said that Mr. Williams talked about Jesus constantly, during math lessons or science lessons or, as one put it, "a hundred times a day". They also interviewed several other teachers from the school, according to the reporter, and not one of them took Williams' side in the dispute. It also pointed out that the 5th grade textbook that he uses in his 5th grade class contains a full copy of the Declaration of Independence, putting the lie to the ADF's claim that the Declaration was "banned in the classroom".<i/>eriposte.com
