Mum faces dismissal for asking for prayer

Mrs. Jennie Cain asked her church and Christian friends to pray for a situation involving her daughter at the school for which Mrs. Cain works and her daughter attends.

Mrs. Cain's daughter Jasmine was ticked off by a teacher for discussing Heaven and Hell with a fellow pupil and came home in tears.

After comforting her distraught daughter, sent a private email to ten close Christian friends asking them to offer prayers for the families and the school.

But a copy fell into the hands of Gary Read, headmaster at Landscore Primary School, in Crediton, Devon.

Now Mrs Cain, 38, is being investigated for professional misconduct for allegedly making claims against the school and staff members. She may be disciplined and even faces dismissal.

Her case was raised in the House of Commons yesterday by an MP referring to the “systematic and institutional discrimination towards Christians”.

And Archbishop John Sentamu has expressed his support in an article for a national newspaper.

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Newspaper articles:

School receptionist faces sack after five-year-old daughter is told off for talking about God - The Mail

Mother facing sack for praying - Western Morning News

Archbishop speaks in support of primary school receptionist facing sack - The Telegraph

Children 'must not state faith as fact' - Christian Institute

The intolerance towards Christians in the public sector is an affront - The Mail

Christians Together, 14/02/2009