Christian Pastor and Bus Driver Was Told to Stop Praying With His Child Passengers, He Did the Only Thing He Felt He Could — He Continued — and Got Fired
After receiving a complaint from the district about Nathaniel’s prayers, Durham gave the pastor a warning and assigned him two new routes serving Edward D. Neill Elementary School and Metcalf Junior High School in Burnsville, he said.
But Nathaniel kept right on praying with his passengers on a morning route — which he did all last year as well, he said.
“We start out with a song,” he told the StarTribune. “Then each person will pray if they want to pray. If they don’t want to pray, they don’t have to pray. Then I will pray and ask them if they want to join me in prayer. Just give them something constructive and positive to go to school with.”...
