Lawyers demand northern Virginia school district allow teacher to quote Bible verse in email: 'Discrimination'

A high school teacher in Virginia was allegedly told to remove Bible verses from her work email signature, prompting a demand letter from her lawyers alleging violation of her First Amendment rights.

The unidentified teacher in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) reportedly first had John 3:16 in her email signature, which says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

When the school objected, she offered to change it to Proverbs 22:6, an Old Testament verse that states, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

That verse was also prohibited because it was from the Bible, according to a statement Tuesday from Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver.