If the Jesus Portrait Goes, Will the Constitution Be Redacted Next?
By Michael J. Gaynor
July 03, 2006

On June 7, 2006, Hoppy Kercheval, Talkline host of Metro News ("The Voice of West Virginia"), wrote about something the ACLU considers a danger to the Republic--the presence of a portrait of Jesus Christ in a public school (Bridgeport High School) near the principal's office--and the effort to compel its removal. Bridgeport, population 7,400, is located in north central West Virginia and home to more than a dozen churches. Mr. Kercheval pointed how how separated the ACLU is from the people: "I suspect if you asked everyone in Harrison County if they believe it’s OK for a portrait of Jesus Christ to hang in a school, most would say 'yes.' West Virginia is a place of deep religious beliefs that are mostly Christian.

"Jesus was, after all, a teacher whose messages are as applicable today as they were 2000 years ago. But the portrait of him at Bridgeport High School has raised yet another in a long series of disputes in this state and our country about the entanglements of government and religion."

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