SCHOOLS: Everyone should be welcome
By now, we all know the story. A sixth-grade teacher in Meridian is ordered to remove two signs from her classroom saying, “Everyone is welcome here.” One showed hands of different skin tones. School administrators argue that “Everyone is welcome here” is a personal opinion that not everyone would agree with. This was not someone smuggling immigrants across the border. This was a teacher’s heartfelt greeting and the words near the end of our Pledge of Allegiance, “Liberty and Justice for all.”
Have Americans become so sensitive and belligerent that we legislate against common kindness and civility? This incident makes clear that any sign that dares to welcome all students will be removed from Idaho’s public-school classrooms. The Legislature has said as much with HB 41. Ironically, private schools that accept taxpayer money will be free to promote any political, religious or racial sentiment they want.
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