Humanist groups back OH school board in Bible case

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Human­ist and sec­u­lar groups have joined the side of an Ohio school board in a court bat­tle over the fir­ing of a pub­lic school sci­ence teacher who kept a Bible on his desk and was accused of preach­ing reli­gious beliefs in class.

The Mount Ver­non School Board dis­missed John Fresh­wa­ter last year after inves­ti­ga­tors reported that he preached Chris­t­ian beliefs in class when dis­cussing top­ics such as evo­lu­tion and homo­sex­u­al­ity, and was insub­or­di­nate in fail­ing to remove the Bible from his classroom.

The Amer­i­can Human­ist Asso­ci­a­tion, the Sec­u­lar Stu­dent Alliance, and Amer­i­cans United for Sep­a­ra­tion of Church and State all filed argu­ments in sup­port of the school board with the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday.

Mes­sages were left with Freshwater’s attorney.

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