Atheist Activist Group Wants Illinois Principal Fired for ‘Promoting Christianity’ to Students

Principal Michael McGrone/Facebook

By Heather Clark

Christian News Network

A professing atheist activist organization is recommending that a Chicago-area principal be fired for promoting Christianity to students.

The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to the attorney for Rich Township Schools after becoming informed that Rich South High School Principal Michael McGrone announced that his goal is to “allow God back in school.”

It pointed to an article in the Chicago Tribune, which outlined that McGrone supports prayer in school and had a Christian woman, known as Mother Henderson, pray with students in the cafeteria over a microphone

“This is how we ‘stop the killing’: Allow God back in school!! Prayer works,” he also wrote on Facebook.

FFRF further pointed to a quote in the Tribune article, in which McGrone stated, “Is [prayer] considered crossing the line? I would agree in part, but in so many ways I cannot deny who I am and what got me to become principal.”

It therefore recommended that the principal be fired.

“Given McGrone’s admission that he was aware that his activities violated the law, and his description of his unconstitutional behavior as ‘who I am and what got me to become principal,’ we see no reasonable alternative to terminating his employment with the district,” wrote staff attorney Ryan Jayne.

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According to Chicago Police records: "The city has seen 141 murders this year, compared with 82 murders at the same point last year. Police reported 677 shootings this year compared with 359 at the same point last year." 

A principal, and man of faith, who brings hope to children by encouraging them to pray is facing the loss of his job. We are living in dark times when we allow the godless to extinguish hope and Light to our children.