In South Africa, a teacher has taken a religious liberty claim to court. Cape Argus reports today on an elementary school teacher who claims that corporal punishment of children is ordained by God. Fired for improperly administering corporal punishment, the teacher has sued in an Equality Court claiming that the Education Department is discriminating against his living out his Christian faith.
UPDATE: The court has rejected the teacher's claim according to a June 13 story from the South African Press Assoc.
