Ms. Kinney, are you familiar with Dr. King's letter from the Birmingham Jail? Yes, it's a...

Tom Endler: Ms. Kinney, are you familiar with Dr. King's letter from the Birmingham Jail? Principal Kinney: Yes, it's a seminal piece of civil rights history. Tom Endler: In that letter, Dr. King makes numerous faith-based references, does he not? Principal Kinney: Offhand, I don't recall. Tom Endler: Allow me to refresh your memory. He cites the example of the three youths from the Book of Daniel who were tossed into the fiery furnace by King Nebuchadnezzar because they refused to worship him. Elsewhere, he urges action with Jesus, and here, I quote, "Extremist love." And in his speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop," he stated that he just wanted to do God's will. Is this coming back to you now? Principal Kinney: Yes. Tom Endler: In your opinion, would Ms. Wesley, had she chosen to do so, have been allowed to present the examples that I just mentioned in her class? Pete Kane: Objection. Speculative. Judge Stennis: I'm going to allow it. Overruled. Witness may answer. Principal Kinney: No. If it were up to me, she would not have been allowed. Tom Endler: Why not? Principal Kinney: Because those examples are too closely associated with faith. Tom Endler: In other words, they're... they're facts, but they're just facts that are too dangerous for discussion? Principal Kinney: The word I would use would be "controversial". Tom Endler: But aren't facts just facts? I mean, there's nothing controversial about two plus two equaling four, or E=MC squared, or the date man landed on the moon. So, why the controversy about these facts? Principal Kinney: I think the fact that we're all here today speaks for itself.