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Posted: 5/26/2005 8:52:45 PM EDT

I just heard from a friend of mine about an incident where a young kindergarten age kid was kicked out of school (actually led out in hand cuffs) for mentioning God. Has anyone heard of this incident or have a link to an article that explains what happened? This would be good info to jar the fence sitters and the Joe 6-Packs out of their delusion of security.
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Posted: 5/26/2005 9:01:52 PM EDT

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I hadn't heard about it. Where did it happen?

Posted: 5/26/2005 9:04:42 PM EDT

[#2]

Was he trying to stabb someone while screaming "God' damn it hold still" Sounds like total B.S. to me.

Posted: 5/26/2005 10:56:40 PM EDT

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This is the closest thing to that I could find.

Please take note of the source

BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
Student barred from singing 'Awesome God'
Family sues district over prohibition at elementary talent show
Posted: May 27, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A New Jersey family is suing a school district for barring a second-grader from singing the Christian song "Awesome God" at a talent show.

Frenchtown school district officials said 8-year-old Olivia Turton could not perform the song because its religious content was inappropriate for a school event.

Parents Maryann and Robert Turton, claiming the action violated the First Amendment, are represented by the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund.

"This school's singling out of our client for censorship is a blatant violation of the First Amendment," said Jeremy Tedesco, ADF litigation staff counsel. "Contrary to what the school district thinks, the Establishment Clause does not give schools license to cleanse private religious speech from school events. That's called viewpoint discrimination, which clearly violates the Constitution."

On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Chesler denied ADF a temporary restraining order, allowing the school to prevent Olivia Turton from performing the song at the "Frenchtown Idol" talent show that evening.

The student instead sang a song from the Broadway hit "Annie" with her friends.

The banned song, by the late Rich Mullins, includes the lyrics: "Our God is an awesome God/He reigns from heaven above."

ADF noted the talent show included students dancing to "Objection" by pop star Shakira and students singing "You Give Love a Bad Name," by the rock band Bon Jovi. The show also featured students dressed as witches performing the boiling cauldron scene from the play "Macbeth."

"We made every attempt to secure this brave little girl's right to sing 'Awesome God' at her school talent show," said Tedesco. "Even though we were not successful at this early stage, we are confident we will prevail as the case moves forward."

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