It defies common sense that in conservative-leaning Colorado Springs, home to a vibrant faith community and leading Evangelical organizations, students would be reprimanded and deprived of basic constitutional rights. As a letter from local parents to the school district decried: “To what benefit does it serve a school to limit the ability for a student to pray with their friends, fellowship with their friends, or discuss daily events from a Christian perspective? It is obvious that School District 20 is taking a freedom FROM religion perspective, not a freedom OF religion perspective.”
Think about it: If the high-schoolers gathered in the cafeteria to listen to Billboard magazine’s No. 1 pop hit “Habits (Stay High)” — “You’re gone and I gotta stay high / all the time / to keep you off my mind” — school officials would have no issue.
If they lounged in a courtyard to joke about the latest girl-fight videos or off-color-joke memes posted on Vine, no problem.
If they discussed the latest Walking Dead episode or napped in the library? All good.
But singing “Amazing Grace” and studying Scripture? This subversion must be stopped!
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