cwnewz.com - A school secretary now is facing discipline just because her daughter mentioned Jesus to a classmate.
She may even be dissmised from her position for having sent an e-mail to friends from her home computer asking for prayer about the issue.
According to a report in the London Daily Mailhe, the case is developing for Jennie Cain, a secretary at Landscore Primary School in Crediton, Devon.
Her daughter, Jasmine, age 5, attends the school and was recently scolded by a teacher for talking about God and her faith, the report said. She was in tears after the discipline, the paper said.
Working part-time at the school since 2006, Cain said after her work shift was completed – as a parent – she went to talk with teacher Sharon Gottelier about the situation. The next morning she was told to go to the office of Principal Gary Read where she was told "how he wasn't happy about her making statements about her faith," Cain told the paper.
Cain went home after meeting with Read, and e-mailed a prayer request about the situation to some friends at her church, and soon she was notified of the pending discipline for her statements in the e-mail.
"I felt embarrassed that a private prayer e-mail was read by the school – it felt like someone had gone through my personal prayer diary," she told the paper. "I feel my beliefs are so central to who I am, are such a part of my children's life.
"I do feel our beliefs haven't been respected and I don't feel I have been treated fairly. I don't know what I am supposed to have done wrong," she said. She reported she doesn't know how the school got a copy of her e-mail.
Christian Institute spokesman, Mike Judge, said children should be allowed to discuss religion without interference from teachers, the report said.
Cain said she now is being investigated for professional misconduct, and Read has confirmed the school's board of governors is involved.
It is the second incident in just the last few weeks of Christians being disciplined or threatened by employers in the U.K. over issues of prayer.
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
