District tells teacher: Put faith 'into folder hidden in desk'
But others allowed to promote 'rainbow colors of the gay-rights movement'
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The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to fix the outcome of a series of hearings and rulings in the lower courts that erupted when a New York school district told one teacher, under threat of dismissal, to keep her faith in “a folder to be kept hidden in her desk.”
Officials with the American Freedom Law Center have confirmed they have filed a petition seeking permission from the high court to argue the case brought by Joelle Silver after she was threatened by officials with the Cheektowaga Central School District.
The case has been winding through the lower courts for several years already, with the most recent appellate decision refusing her her First Amendment rights, officials with the AFLC said.
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