NY High Schooler Wins Appeal to Paint Christian Themes on School Parking Spot
A high school student near Buffalo, New York, won after postponing the decision of her public school not to allow her to decorate her remunerated parking space with Christian references.
The original conceptions of Sabrina Steffans for its senior parking place were rejected, but when First Liberty Institute intervened to join the fight, the course of the Grand Island Central School reversed the course, CBN News reported on Wednesday.
After the school district was threatened with disputes, they decided that Steffans was free to use a religious design on school goods.
Steffans said that she had initially entered three of her drawings, noting that “the first drawing was a drawing of this mountain called Mountain of Salvation. And when I gave it, they said … Completely not because he had crosses, a biblical verse, and just a lot of religion they said that was not authorized. “
His final drawing was accepted but he had no religious element. It was then that she contacted First Liberty, who sent a request letter to the district concerning the issue. According to WKBW, it was then approved to use its original design.
Keisha Russell, principal lawyer for the First Liberty Institute, said that the company was satisfied with the reversal of the school district, adding: “The first amendment protects the private expressions of the faith of students in public schools.”
Steffans was happy for the final decision and realizes that age does not matter when it comes to doing the right thing.
“It is not because you are young that you do not have the power to make changes in your schools and in your life,” she said, adding: “I was shocked that they even chose the very first of them, so I was really ecstatic to hear it. I was doing a little panic, thinking:” Oh, it’s so exciting! “I had the paintings on the day of the day, and I was so excited to paint and everything.”
In an article on social networks on Saturday, the Reverend Franklin Graham praised the teenager for her “desire to share the love of God” with other people.
First Liberty noted that Steffans directs a biblical club at school and expresses his Christian faith through art.
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