Florence-Penrose, Teacher Settle ‘Jesus Pizza’ Lawsuit

By The Associated Press
· Jul. 30, 2015, 1:51 pm

A southern Colorado school district accused of promoting evangelical Christian ideals has reached a settlement with a teacher who filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination.

Robert Basevitz, who is Jewish, filed a suit in May saying that the Fremont RE-2 School District endorsed religion by allowing a church to operate in Florence High School for Sunday services, morning prayer and Bible study and serve pizza in a classroom.

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