Does New Atlanta Public School Official Have Too Religious An Agenda?

Atlanta (GA) Journal Constitution reporter Maureen Downey yesterday questioned the focus the newly selected chief of staff for the Georgia Department of Education will bring to his job.  Her concerns are based on blog postings by the new pick, Joel Thorton.  Among the views Thorton has posted online on his blog: "We cannot offer any type of spiritual help to struggling youth because we have no place for God in our schools." In a long blog post on home schooling, Thorton lamented hostility to Christianity found in many public school systems.