Minnesota school bus driver removed after leading prayer

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 3:45 pm, Friday, April 20, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis-area church pastor who also drives a school bus says his rights to free speech and to practice his religion were violated when he was taken off his route for leading students in prayer.

It is not the first time George Nathaniel, 54, has faced consequences for leading prayers. Nathaniel was fired from driving children to school in the town of Burnsville, Minnesota, four years ago for the same reason.

Quality Care Transportation removed Nathaniel from his route last week, the Star Tribune reported . He began working for the company in January 2017 and drove children to Nasha Shkola, a charter school in Brooklyn Park focused on Russian language and culture.

He started incorporating prayer into the bus ride this winter.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Twin-Cities-school-bus-driver-removed-after-12851176.php

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[LisaM]

1. Note: not employed directly by the school district.

They've outsourced it.

[weissmam]

2. I would tell him

my family does not practice the same religion so stuff it

[Chemisse]

3. He has a right to free speech!

On his own time, not when he is being paid to do a job that includes NOT leading the children in prayer.

[radliberal]

4. REPUBLICAN RECRUITMENT CENTERS

You have the right to your religion, BUT it is to bad that the churches in America have chosen to turn their temples into REPUBLICAN RECRUITMENT CENTERS!!!
They have deserted God and chosen to worship the REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!
You cannot be a Republican and a Christian. They are two completely opposing beliefs.
VOTE THEM OUT!!!

[notdarkyet]

5. Hey preachers...leave those kids alone.

[Luciferous]

11. Lol

[ToxMarz]

6. And he would likley be the loudest protester if a Muslim did that on the bus with his children

[Major Nikon]

9. Tolerance is different when it comes to tolerating other beliefs

Funny how that works. It’s almost as if civil rights laws were written to protect the interests of the advantaged majority.

[keithbvadu2]

7. So many folks want the gov't to teach religion in the schools rather than let the parents decide how

So many folks want the gov't to teach religion in the schools rather than let the parents decide how their family worships.

[NickB79]

8. Too bad a Jewish or Muslim student didn't start reciting prayers back

I like to imagine he would have had a meltdown over that.

[WhiteTara]

10. My first thought -- Please don't let him wreck the bus!

[packman]

12. Holy Roller in the true sense of the word

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