Atheist Teacher Claims 'Holy Water Attack' by Colleagues

Teachers say it was perfume—and a joke

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2010 9:29 AM CDT

(Newser) – In another case of teachers donning the dunce cap, a pair of Florida women have been relegated to desk duty after they were accused of spritzing a fellow teacher who's an atheist with holy water. An atheist apparently without a sense of humor. In front of her class. The two self-proclaimed Christians were escorted out of Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, ABC News reports, after the atheist teacher, Schandra Rodriguez, complained.

The lawyer for the two accused teachers says no one got sprinkled with anything. He says
the brouhaha started when Rodriguez's class was discussing the earthquake in Haiti, and talk turned to religion. One of the students noted that Rodriguez is an atheist, which she acknowledged, and another noted, "It looks like someone needs to sprinkle Ms. Rodriguez with some holy water." One of the other teachers then brandished a perfume bottle as a joke, the lawyer says, but she wasn't even near Rodriguez.

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hipnotizer

May 27, 2010 6:04 PM CDT

Put the kids on the stand.

TheSaintOfPain

May 27, 2010 12:32 PM CDT

I say good job to the teachers that did it. have never, EVER met one that didn't attempt to force their beliefs onto others, and be a total douchebag about it the whole time. Plus, they all claim they just absolutely KNOW that God doesn't exist, but never, EVER provide any real proof whatsoever as to why He doesn't. However, I can tell you at least 100 reasons as to how I KNOW He exists. If you're too stupid to understand that God exists, you deserve everything coming to you, PERIOD. Atheism and agnosticism are absolutely stupid and completely WRONG. PERIOD.

disciple2000

May 27, 2010 10:28 AM CDT

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2317... i don't believe

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Atheist Teacher Claims 'Holy Water Attack' by Colleagues