The Loudoun County Public Schools sign on the county building. (7News FILE) LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Loudoun County Public Schools Acting Superintendent is banning a teacher from using Bible verses in her email signature, 7News has learned. “Simply put, the general inclusion of religious quotes in communications LCPS employees send while in their public capacities is not private expression and runs afoul of the Establishment Clause, and as such, bars LCPS, as a local governmental entity, from taking sides in religious disputes or favoring or disfavoring anyone based on religion or belief, or lack thereof,” LCPS Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith said in a letter to the lawyers helping the Loudoun County teacher in the dispute. “To be clear, LCPS’s determination is not based on any particular religious viewpoint, and LCPS would take a consistent approach as it has here with respect to any religious expression incorporated in an LCPS employee’s email signature block of which it becomes aware," Smith’s letter stated. But The Liberty Counsel, who is assisting the Loudoun County teacher in her employment dispute, said the teacher is doing what she’s seen other teachers do. “When she went to work as a teacher for Loudoun County […]
