Declaration of Independence Banned at California School

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A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.

Steven Williams, a fifth-grade teacher at Stevens Creek School in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Cupertino, sued for discrimination on Monday, claiming he had been singled out for censorship by principal Patricia Vidmar because he is a Christian.
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Williams asserts in the lawsuit that since May he has been required to submit all of his lesson plans and supplemental handouts to Vidmar for approval, and that the principal will not permit him to use any that contain references to God or Christianity.

Among the materials she has rejected, according to Williams, are excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, George Washington's journal, John Adams' diary, Samuel Adams' "The Rights of the Colonists" and William Penn's "The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania."

"He hands out a lot of material and perhaps 5 to 10 percent refers to God and Christianity because that's what the founders wrote," said Thompson, a lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, which advocates for religious freedom. "The principal seems to be systematically censoring material that refers to Christianity and it is pure discrimination."

This may not be a case of discrimination, but rather of abusive micromanagement. Obviously, it's a bit insane that a teacher has to submit every lesson plan for approval. If this is true, the principal should be fired, as they are (1) abusing their power, (2) harassing an employee with that power, (3) micromanaging enough to significantly reduce efficiency and waste time, and (4) just being an ass. Those four problems are all certain, and there are probably many more useless errors.

If either case turns out to be true, which is easy to determine, the principal should be fired instantly. No pension, 3-week-notice, or 'paid suspension'. California has enough problems, and doesn't need this asshole to add to it.

And, give the teacher a bonus. No teacher should be subject to the stupid micromanagement that Williams faced.

Mind you, the school itself is not that great. According to this apparently credible website, it ranked 11th out of 15th, when compared to nearby schools (from the 'compare to nearby schools' link).

Hat tip to Drudge and this article, of The Desert Tusk, who got the story before me.
Also, you can check some of the original documentation at The Smoking Gun (those guys do an incredible job).