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Jesus Loves to Recycle
I didn’t even realize that kindergartener’s gave a shit about their constitutional right to freedom of speech — hell, they haven’t even mastered speech yet. But, that didn’t stop one kindergartener and his family from suing a New York state school over a possible violation of his constitutional right to freedom of expression.
The case dates back originally to 1999 when a kindergartener, Antonio Peck, was asked by a teacher to draw a poster about how to save the environment. Peck, who loves him some Jesus, decided he’d include children holding hands, people recycling trash, and (gasp!) a drawing of Christ. The poster was initially displayed in the school cafeteria, but it was soon folded in such a way as to hide the image of God’s son, and now the school’s being sued for censoring the image of the holy son.
The irony, as the boy’s attorney has pointed out, is that this case has brought a lot more attention to the drawing than if the school had just left it alone. And while I’m all about keeping church and state separate, we’re talking about a five year old, here. The kid can’t even read yet, and we’re telling him what he can and cannot draw. Just be happy he’s not recreating scenes from Grand Theft Auto. And, besides: Jesus thinks global warming is a hoax, anyway.
