A second-grader at an Indiana public school was "banished" by his teacher after telling his classmates that he didn't believe in God. The 7-year-old was forced to sit by himself during lunch for three days and not speak to other students because, the teacher said, his views on religion had "offended them." His parents have filed a lawsuit.
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