Peter Simonson Quotations

Let me be real clear. We support coach McKay in practicing his religion privately. In fact, we defend his right to do that. It is only where he uses his authority as coach to promote his religious beliefs that we have a problem.

Certainly schools can teach about Christ and his affect on Western civilization. But equally, students should be informed about Mohammed and Buddha and Friedrich Nietzsche.

I also think he doesn't yet understand where the line should be drawn between coaching responsibilities and his religious faith. And the reason I believe that is evidence of that fact continually comes up in the press.

just a clear and unqualified constitutional violation. So the university should probably know that regardless of what the outcome of their investigation regarding Muammar shows, they are still vulnerable to a serious First Amendment claim.

Without them we would not be able to do the work we do.

Things keep on surfacing, emerging around coach McKay,

These new stories are from a very innocent source,

Anything she says could be construed as a reason for discipline.

This looks like a shameful attempt to encourage public schools to teach Christianity.

It's been pretty traumatic for her. Hanging over her head from Day One has been the consistent possibility that she could lose her job.

If proper safeguards had been in place, these assaults may never have occurred.

But in this day and age when a student's decision to enter the military could land them directly on the field of battle, an issue like this can't be taken so lightly.