Texas school to keep "year of our Lord" on diplomas

“The board’s decision reflects its desire to continue a Trinity tradition, and the words ‘in the year of our Lord’ are appropriate for the diploma, given Trinity’s history and heritage,” said Walter Huntley, vice chairman of the board and an Atlanta businessman…

School officials received a flood of calls and e-mails, most opposing changing the diploma. Because the two students who sparked the debate are Muslim, some readers framed it as a battle between Islam and Christianity and lobbed personal insults at the students.

“A lot of it was very vicious and very sad,” said Dennis Ahlburg, Trinity’s president.