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The Fort Worth Independent School District has issued a letter to Liberty Counsel fully vindicating high school freshman, Dakota Ary, who was given in-school suspension for telling another student that he believes homosexuality is wrong because of his Christian faith. The letter is in response to Liberty Counsel’s demand letter requesting full vindication and a full retraction of the suspension. The District’s letter will be placed in Dakota’s permanent file to further clear his record. Liberty Counsel is representing Dakota in this case.

The District’s letter apologized for the delay in returning Dakota back to the classroom, and stated that “Dakota has the right to express an opinion in a manner consistent with law and policy.”

Dakota was in Kristopher Franks’ German language class at Western Hills High School when the topic of homosexuality arose. Dakota said to one of his classmates, “I'm a Christian and, to me, being homosexual is wrong.” Franks overheard the comment, wrote Dakota an infraction, and sent him to the principal’s office. During the discussion, one student asked what Germans thought about homosexuality in relation to religion. These questions provoked the conversation about Christianity and Dakota’s expression of his opinion to one classmate.

The discipline referral form says the comment was out of context, even though the lesson was related to religious beliefs. Franks charged Dakota with “possible bullying” and indicated, “It is wrong to make such a statement in public school.” Franks was temporarily placed on administrative leave with pay last week. No public school teacher should use the position of authority to bully students to accept homosexuality. That is what this teacher did and he got his hand caught in the cookie jar. We want to make sure this never again happens to any student.

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2011 Values Voter Summit

Liberty Counsel and Liberty University are co-sponsors of the sixth annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, which was recently named one of the top ten conservative events. The Values Voter Summit is a three day conference, extending the opportunity to individuals to educate themselves before hitting the polls as well as rally together in support of Christian values in the political realm.

Hear from the Nation’s leaders, including Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, House Speaker John Boehner, Presidential Candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, and many more on October 7-9 at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC. Registration ends September 20. Regular admission is $99. Students receive a $50 scholarship. Tickets can be purchased online at www.valuesvotersummit.org or by phone at 877-372-2808.

Liberty University and Liberty Counsel are sponsors only of the educational portions of the Values Voters Summit, are not sponsoring the appearance of any candidate for public office, nor do they support or oppose any candidate for elective public office.
 

Own the First Textbook Ever Printed in America!

The New England Primer was the first textbook ever printed in America and was used to teach reading and Bible lessons in our schools until the twentieth century. This little book is a good example of early American education and is is a reprint of the original 1777 version used by many of the Founding Fathers to teach their own children.

Introduced in the Boston public schools in 1690, for the next two centuries the New England Primer was a required textbook from which every first grader learned grammar and spelling. The New England Primer taught first graders the alphabet using religious references. For the letter "A", the students learned, "In Adam's Fall, We sinned all." For the letter "C", the students recited: "Christ crucified, For sinners died."

To obtain a copy of this wonderful little hardcover book for a donation of $10 or more, call us at 1-800-671-1776 or go to our online store. 

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