Tennessee City Commissioner Supports Religion In Schools

In Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, city commission member Glen Linthicum is leading a campaign against the recent lawsuit filed by the ACLU that challenges religious practices in the Wilson County (TN) school district's Lakeview Elementary School. Linthicum co-sponsored a resolution passed unanimously by the city commission urging the schools to fight for their rights to religious expression. He is also organizing a prayer rally for later this month to support the schools. The Tennesssean quotes Linthicum, who said:: "What I hope to accomplish is to send a clear message to ACLU and the rest of Tennessee that Mt. Juliet stands for traditional values in America and that ACLU needs to ply their trade elsewhere."