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A young girl in Tennessee says she was suspended after breaking a class rule of saying “bless you” after a classmate sneezed.
When Dyer County High School senior Kendra Turner said bless you, she says her teacher told her that was for church.
Turner feels her teacher was taking issue for her religion. When she stood up for herself, Turner says she was told to go to the administrator’s office. She was later placed in in-school suspension for the rest of that class period.
Her pastor Rev. Becky Winegardner says they had just talked about how to stand up for their faith last week.
“There were several students that were talking about this particular faculty member there that was very demeaning to them in regards to their faith,” Winegardner said.
Students sent WMC a photo of the teacher’s white board that lists “bless you” and other expressions that are banned as part of class rules.
Girl suspended for saying ‘bless you’ at school | WGN-TV
If the student didn't use the word "god", its not religious. OTOH, using that phrase is against the rules, the student broke the rules.
If you don't want to get thrown out of school, don't break the rules.
(What a lot of to-do over nothing.)