Family files suit over teacher's religious lessons

Published on: Sunday, March 20, 2005

Family files suit over teacher's religious lessons

The Associated Press

RALEIGH - A Cumberland County fifth-grader's family sued the county school system in federal court because her teacher used a Christian text that preached creationism and encouraged children to proselytize for Jesus.

The lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. The school system acknowledged in a separate filing that the allegations were true.