Texas teacher who put cross sign in her classroom accused of 'Christian proselytizing'

Teaching her students that no one else is perfect but "our Lord" and putting up a cross sign in her classroom has put a Texas teacher's reputation and job on the line.

According to the Christian News Network, the teacher was reported to the American Humanist Association (AHA) by an atheist-humanist parent who believes that the Texas teacher's actions were wrong.

A letter was then sent by the AHA to the Brownsville Independent School District office and the principal of Benavides Elementary school, the letter accusing the teacher identified as Ms. Sanroman, of using her position to "proselytize" her students into religious denomination.

Aside from the said accusation, the AHA warned school officials that they are only given seven days to respond and act to the charges against the teacher. The letter also referred to the teacher's actions as a kind of religious activity that should be of great concern to the community as she attempts to educate children through religious indoctrination.

Legal director of AHA David Noise said, "Non-Christian students and their families should not have to put up with Christian proselytizing in what should be a secular public school."

Heather Clark of Christian News, on the other hand, looks at the situation in another point of view, citing a law that has been enacted years back.

"Things are really different now compared to before, when laws were enacted just so people can read and learn from the Bible," Clark said, referring to the 1647 Massachusetts Bay Colony law called "The Old Deluder Satan Act" that required children to know how to read so they could be able to access the Scriptures and keep them from Satan's trap — the trap is said to be Satan's way of keeping people unknowing of the teachings in the Bible.

Clark also said that even through the early 1900s, "The New England Primer" was being imposed in a lot of schools in the nation. The primer has reportedly helped many children learn how to read by using the Scriptures.