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TEACHER FIRED FOR BIBLE ON DESK: Religion-in-School with a Twist (Alan Reinach resides in Pacific Time.)
About a year after being released from Ohio’s Mount Vernon City School District over accusations that he imposed Christianity on his students, eighth-grade teacher John Freshwater is fighting back.
Last week, following failed attempts to regain his job, Freshwater filed a lawsuit against the School District Board of Education, district administrators and other parties for violation of his First Amendment rights, among other claims.
Does he have a legal leg to stand on? Attorney Alan Reinach, President of the North American Religious Liberty Association–West is available for interviews to answer that question and offer an intriguing commentary on how important the case is in the battle against the secular takeover of public schools.
The linchpin in Freshwater’s termination was his refusal to remove his own personal Bible from his desk—a fact that Freshwater doesn’t deny, and an act that his case states should be allowed under his Constitutional rights.
But then, the case really diverges. The school says he was preaching in class. Freshwater says he was introducing his students to the theory of intelligent design, and stopped when the school charged it was not a creation theory on par with evolution. Then, the school alleged he burned a cross onto a student’s arm. Freshwater says he’s been harassed because of his religion and discriminated against because of his involvement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
As the case resurfaces in the media, and the religion-in-school issue takes a compelling twist, give your audience a jump on the topic with a unique perspective from Alan Reinach. Call Special Guests right away.
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ABOUT YOUR SPEAKER:
ALAN J. REINACH, ESQ.
Alan serves as the Director of the Church State Council and President of the North American Religious Liberty Association–West. He is an attorney and a Seventh-day Adventist minister. A graduate of the State University of New York, in New Paltz, with special honors in history, in 1984, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Law, in 1987.
Reinach represents employees who have suffered religious discrimination, and has filed briefs in religious liberty cases in state and Federal courts, and in the California and United States Supreme Court.
When he’s not in court, Alan maintains an extensive speaking schedule, hosts the weekly radio program, Freedom’s Ring, and appears regularly on radio interviews throughout the nation. He also regularly publishes articles on religious freedom. Alan is a passionate advocate of liberty of conscience.
As a young man coming of age in the 70s, he struggled to know God, examining the religious teachings of various traditions. He saw friends taken captive to religious cults, and was wary of getting into something that he couldn’t get out of. God’s gracious commitment to respecting human freedom made it possible for him to experience Christian conversion without fear of being trapped or conned. He has dedicated his life to serving God, and to championing an understanding of God’s character – i.e., that a loving God gives freedom, and does not coerce the conscience.
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