14 DAY TRIAL // Some parents at the Alcovy High School in Newton County, Georgia are concerned over posters including the phrase “God Is Dead” on their walls.
The posters have been put up in a classroom and they include a quote from Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible."
The play touches on Communism by creating an analogy with the Salem Witch trials and hinting to the McCarthy administration.
Mom Crystal Mitchell argues that the posters are making her daughter feel out of place, now that the school is no longer holding religious classes. According to My Fox Atlanta, the school has first taken religion out of its curriculum.
"It made my daughter very uncomfortable. [...] If my child can't pray in school and they've taken religion out of school, for this to be plastered on the walls of school, is a huge concern for me," she says.
However, school district officials argue that the posters are reminiscent of the play, which is included in the school books.
"Thousands of students read this book every year. If it's not appropriate on the classroom wall, where is it appropriate," argues Sherri Davis-Viniard of Newton County Schools.
Mitchell has created a Facebook page asking for the images to be put away. The "God Is Alive In Newton" page has received support in the form of 500 likes within a few days.
Alcovy Principal Dr. Sandra Owens has met with the concerned mom and explained to her that the images had everything to do with the play and nothing to do with religion.
They have not agreed to take the drawings down, but they have offered to explain their meaning to freshmen and sophomore students using the classroom.
"So it's not a total loss on our end," Mitchell has responded on Facebook.