Equal Time

A vice-principal at Panorama Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colo., lectured eight 12-year-old girls for nearly two hours “on the evils of witchcraft” after the girls were accused of “casting spells” on classmates. “We had received concerns from students and parents,” claims school principal Rich Hayes, who “said that [the sixth graders] were going to cast a spell on them. And, they were reading books about witchcraft.” The girls admit to reading the book Salem’s Trial, which they had checked out from the school library. Some of the girls’ parents are considering legal action. (Denver Post) ...If they found a Bible and prayed over fellow students, would they get a two-hour lecture “on the evils of Christianity”?