Here's another one--must be the season. I believe that as Christians we have a moral responsibility to promote justice, which means advocating and taking a stand where and when we find injustices. Part of that is working to create awareness also, and to point out injustices where they occur.
Often we must accept the difficult task of being pushed far out of our comfort zone to protect the rights and human dignity of the weakest members of our society. When it comes down to where I want to stand on the day of judgment, I'd rather have it said that I opted to take the side of the poor little ones--whatever the cost.
Officials say they've reassigned a kindergarten teacher whose Port St. Lucie, Fla., class "voted out" a 5-year-old boy who is being tested for a form of autism.
After the boy misbehaved last week, teacher Wendy Portillo "decided to bring him in front of the class and let the other kids tell him what they didn't like about him, kind of ridiculed him," Michelle Steele, a police spokeswoman, tells the Palm Beach Post.
The newspaper says students then voted 14-2 in favor of having the boy removed from Portillo's classroom.
"He was incredibly upset," Melissa Barton, the boy's mother, says in an interview with the Port St. Lucie News. "The only friend he has ever made in his life was forced to do this."
A school spokeswoman says Portillo has been removed from the classroom pending the outcome of an internal review.
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