JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to
keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65
years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display
unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school.
The
Jackson City Schools board offered a constitutional justification of its
own in voting 4-0 to keep the portrait up in its middle school, saying
it must protect students' free speech rights. The vote drew cheers and
applause from the dozens of people gathered in the elementary school
gymnasium.
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