Jesus Portrait Taken Down At Jackson Ohio High School

A controversial Jesus portrait will no longer be on display at Jackson Ohio High School. The Freedom from Religion Group says late Tuesday afternoon the Jackson County School District agreed to take down the painting from the school.

That decision came during a federal hearing over a restraining order filed by Freedom from Religion and the ACLU.

Back in February the ACLU and a Wisconsin based group called Freedom from Religion filed a federal lawsuit asking that the portrait be taken down from Jackson Middle School. Then last month the portrait was suddenly moved to the High School at the request of the student run Hi Y club which donated it 65 years ago. The rationale being the Middle School building is actually the old High School building.

But the civil rights groups say it doesnt matter where the portrait hangs; the fact it is in any public school is the real issue. They want it taken down.

Tuesday afternoon a federal judge in Cincinnati listened to lawyers from the two groups argue the merits of their case.

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