School Cancels Rock Concert Because Band Is Christian

The Toledo Blade reports:

Rossford High School officials were considering letting a Christian rock band play during an anti-drug assembly next week, but decided yesterday to cancel the performance because of concerns over having religious music played in a public school.

"We are just shutting the whole thing down," Rossford Superintendent Luci Gernot said. "There is some controversy, and I'd rather err on this side."

The school district's law firm, Whalen & Compton of Akron told school officials yesterday that it "wasn't appropriate" to let the band Pawn perform at the school, Ms. Gernot said.

Attendance at the assembly was not going to be mandatory since students had the option of going to study hall or view an anti-drug movie. Therefore, it wasn't a case of the school shoving religion down the students' throats.

Nonetheless, at least one parent, Donna Chiarelott, complained.

"I think there is a place for Christian bands, and schools aren't where they belong," Ms. Chiarelott said.

Please forgive me for having some un-Christian thoughts regarding the complainer.