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US court bars Christian symbols, allows Jewish and Islamic symbols, in schools
New York, Feb. 08 (CWNews.com) - A US federal court has ruled that public schools in New York City can display Jewish and Islamic symbols, but not Christian symbols.
In a split decision, the 2nd Circuit court of Appeals said that the US Constitution prohibited setting up a Christmas crèche in New York schools, although a menorah was allowed for Hanukkah and a crescent-and-star were shown during Ramadan.
Richard Thompson-- the chief counsel for the Thomas More Law Center, which brought the case on behalf of New York resident Andrea Skoros and her children-- charged that the court’s decision “says it is legitimate to discriminate against Christians in the largest public school system in the country.” The ruling, he said, "should be a wake-up call for Christians across this nation.”
Judge Chester Straub, who dissented in the panel’s 2-1 decision, wrote that the majority ruling creates a situation in which "a reasonable student observer would perceive a message of endorsement of Judaism and Islam and a reasonable parent observer would perceive a message that Judaism and Islam are favored and that Christianity is disfavored.” The Thomas More Law Center announced plans to appeal the ruling.
US court bars Christian symbols, allows Jewish and Islamic symbols, in schools
New York, Feb. 08 (CWNews.com) - A US federal court has ruled that public schools in New York City can display Jewish and Islamic symbols, but not Christian symbols.
In a split decision, the 2nd Circuit court of Appeals said that the US Constitution prohibited setting up a Christmas crèche in New York schools, although a menorah was allowed for Hanukkah and a crescent-and-star were shown during Ramadan.
Richard Thompson-- the chief counsel for the Thomas More Law Center, which brought the case on behalf of New York resident Andrea Skoros and her children-- charged that the court’s decision “says it is legitimate to discriminate against Christians in the largest public school system in the country.” The ruling, he said, "should be a wake-up call for Christians across this nation.”
Judge Chester Straub, who dissented in the panel’s 2-1 decision, wrote that the majority ruling creates a situation in which "a reasonable student observer would perceive a message of endorsement of Judaism and Islam and a reasonable parent observer would perceive a message that Judaism and Islam are favored and that Christianity is disfavored.” The Thomas More Law Center announced plans to appeal the ruling.