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A teacher at Arkansas Connections Academy muted and kicked out high
school student Zion Ramos for sharing his faith with other students in
an online social meeting.

We just sent a letter to school officials on behalf of Zion, demanding
they correct course and no longer violate students' rights to
freely share their faith.

Zion attends an online public school. Every day, students have a
"social time" Zoom meeting to talk about whatever they
want, as long as the comments are not violent or vulgar.

Inspired by the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, Zion felt compelled
to share his faith in a two-minute statement:

"You may not want to hear it, but it's the most important
thing you will ever hear. We don't know how long we have. One
day, it'll all be over. It may not be today, tomorrow, a month,
or even years from now, but when our time is up, all we will have is
eternity. And we only have two places to go; heaven or hell. And we
need to decide where we want to spend it."

At this point, the teacher muted him. Zion unmuted himself and
continued to share his message. The teacher then removed him from the
Zoom call altogether.

"School officials cannot silence students who are sharing with
other students about their faith during social gatherings," said
Kayla Toney, Counsel for First Liberty. "Public schools are not
religion-free zones, but by censoring faith on campus, officials
unjustly marginalize students like Zion who simply want to share the
Gospel with peers.

The Supreme Court has made it clear many times that students do not
shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at
the schoolhouse gate.

The school needs to do what's right, follow the law and allow
Zion to express his faith and share his beliefs. We're also
asking that Zion be given three minutes to speak about his faith
during a future social time within the next 14 days.

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