Christians Not Welcome: How a Union and a School District Blatantly Violated the First Amendment

This is an odd incident and a bit disconcerting. One would think with the numerous headlines and court cases dealing with SOCAS issues that something like this would not occur. Especially being the reverse of a typical case of religious discrimination.

Attached is the initial article that drew my attention. Although updated information was/is available they chose not to update the article. The one source mentioned, Michigan Capitol Confidential did update the information:

A spokeswoman from Ferndale Public Schools, who responded after the story's original posting, said the district does not discriminate when hiring.

"The district appreciates your bringing this antiquated language to our attention. The timing is perfect since Ferndale Public Schools just completed bargaining and, with the advice of our legal counsel and approval from the district EA (union) representative, this language will be deleted from new contracts," said Shelley Yorke Rose, a spokeswoman for the district. "Unfortunately, there are no employees in the district who have been here long enough to explain the origins of the language, which we estimate to have been inserted between 1976-79.

Christians Not Welcome: How a Union and a School District Blatantly Violated the First Amendment