Public School Teacher Booted from Classroom for Displaying Crucifix by Desk
Like many Christians, Marisol Arroyo-Castro surrounds herself with images of the cross to provide regular reminders of her relationship with God and to help her through the day.
She has crosses and crucifixes hanging in her living room, in her bedroom, and in the entrance to her home. And for a decade, the seventh-grade teacher at Connecticut’s DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School has had a crucifix hanging near her desk at work.
She would reflect on the cross in good times and particularly in hard times, she told National Review. “When something happened that was negative or made me almost want to cry, I would go to the cross,” said Castro, a Catholic and grandmother of five.
Public School Teacher Booted from Classroom for Displaying Crucifix by Desk
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