Not Allowed to Share Beliefs in Private

A Plainwell, Michigan, high school junior has gone to federal court to fight for his right to talk about his religion.

The case arose when Plainwell High School student David Stout was suspended for three days for expressing his Christian beliefs and opinions in a private conversation with a like-minded student on school property and in private text messages outside of school with friends.

In his conversations and text messages, Stout put forth the biblical teaching of the love of God through Christ for sinners and expressed his own love for his peers. He shared the Judeo-Christian doctrine that homosexual conduct was a sin and that God created only two biological genders—man and woman.

Before being suspended, Stout alleges he was asked by a faculty member why he had not “self-reported” his sharing of his religious and political beliefs with fellow students to school officials.

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A commenter posted: “I hope his parents learn they can swear out a claim on the Bond owned by the school board official that allowed this travesty. That official would have to pay out of pocket, and while the claim is being investigated the board would lose all gov funding. Please make this go viral.” bondsforthewin.com