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The Gaston Gazette in Gastonia, North Carolina
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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2012
Page
4
McDowell County poem word God sparks free speech debate
A first grade poem honoring Veterans Day used the word God prompting a council to remove it. Critics say the move misreads the Establishment Clause and erodes education by erasing religion from literature. The column argues common sense supports allowing religious references in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerri Martin
U.S
Martin
McDowell School
T.S. Eliot
Omar Khayyam
John Milton
J.D. Salinger
Malcolm X
David Mamet
Christopher Isherwood
John Donne
Georg Friederich Handel
McDowell
Congress
McDowell County
Weidman fights apathy to aid Vietnam veterans
Vietnam veteran advocate Weidman leads a push with Vietnam Veterans of America to join a Hartford class action seeking to upgrade preexisting discharges for veterans. The suit, led by Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic, targets PTSD misdiagnoses and broader benefits eligibility amid post 9/11 service reviews and Agent Orange legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ick Weidman
Weidman
Iraq
Afghanistan
Vietnam
Korea
Washington
Vietnam Veterans of America
Hartford
Armed Forces
John Shepherd Jr
Yale Law School
Veterans Legal Services Clinic
Yale Law
U.S
Nick Ut
Connie Schultz
Parade Magazine
Letters to the Editor Highlight Liberty and Unity
A reader urges love and harmony among people and defends religious freedom while cautioning that democracy must be protected. Everett Freeman warns benefits cuts will hurt the unemployed, proposes ideas like a state unemployment lottery, easing utility pressures, and raising the minimum wage to $10. William Langley signs from Gastonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Obama
Utilities Commission
William Langley Gastonia
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McDowell County School System
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