More Religious Insanity From the UK

One has to wonder when the assault upon Christianity will end.

In the same UK educational system where many schools have stopped teaching large chunks of history because they might be found offensive to a particular religious sect, the powers that be have taken it upon themselves to reprimand a primary school student for discussing Jesus and heaven with her classmates. A solid education, it appears, can be a bit light on the history side of things as long as it contains a good solid dose of anti-Christian multiculturalism to serve as a counterbalance.

Jennie Cain, the mother of the five-year-old proselytizer, is employed at the school as a part-time receptionist. She waited until after the school day had ended to approach the teacher so that she could discuss it as a parent rather than an employee.

The next day Cain was called into the administrator's office and was told that he was upset at her daughter's behavior and all that icky Jesus stuff.

The woman then did the unthinkable. Over the weekend, from home, on her own time, and at her own home computer, Jennie emailed out a prayer request to ten trusted friends asking for prayer for her daughter and also the school at which she worked.

But the story does not end there.

A few days later she was called back into Mr Read's office.

"I didn't think at this point I could be more stunned. He had in his hand a copy of my private, personal email and it was highlighted all the way through.

"He said that he was going to investigate me for professional misconduct because I had been making allegations about the school and staff to members of the public."

Mrs Cain, who was not suspended, said he refused to tell her where he had got the email but said two independent governors would be taking statements and calling witnesses.

"He said the investigation could be followed by disciplinary action up to and including dismissal because of this private email."

As Cranmer notes:

It seems that five-year olds may celebrate Diwali or Eid in their schools, but God forbid that they might talk about Jesus.

Even among themselves.