Student searched and suspended for - Witchcraft?
by A Person | Published on January 30th, 2009, 11:42 am | Religion
I am reminded of the words of H.G. Wells rephrasedNo-one would have believed, in the first years of the twenty-first century century...
In a case reminiscent of the Salem Witch trials, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma today filed a federal lawsuit charging that school officials violated 15-year-old Brandi Blackbear's rights when they accused her of casting a hex that resulted in a teacher's illness.
"These outlandish accusations have made Brandi Blackbear's life at school unbearable," said Joann Bell, Executive Director of the ACLU of Oklahoma. "I for one would like to see the so-called evidence this school has that a 15-year-old girl made a grown man sick by casting a magic spell."
Evidence? We know how that goes