Atheist Group Demands Removal Of Memorial For Beloved Teacher At Middle School According to recent reports, the Freedom from Religion Foundation recently wrote to school officials in West Virginia about images used in a memorial commemorating a teacher who had recently passed away. The FFRF reportedly contact administrators at Ravenswood Middle School over the memorial of JoAnn Christy. The former teacher had worked at the school for more than 25 years before she died in an accident in 2004. The school was criticized for religious undertones in the memorial. A garden on the school campus contains a display with crosses, Bible verses and angels in honor of the beloved teacher. She touched so many lives, including mine, Ravenswood Mayor Michael Ihle said of Christy. This is a small token in remembrance of her at a place she loved. She was taken too soon from us. The First Amendment mandates that schools cannot advance or promote religion, so thats what this display is doing, claimed Patrick Elliot of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Now, attorneys at the FFRF claim that they did not know the purpose of the memorial at the time of their letter, but the inclusion of religious images is still a violation of the law. Whatever the purpose of the schools garden display, that purpose can be achieved without the use of sectarian religious symbols and biblical passages, Elliot continued. The school board removed the majority of the items in question, but left the angels embedded in the concrete to honor the fact that Christy collected angels. What do you think? Is the FFRF taking their agenda way too far? 