Louisiana High School Student Told To Convert To Avoid "Hassle"

Why is this crap still happening in the 21st century? According to this Raw Story article a Louisiana high school student was told to convert to Christianity from Buddhism to "avoid the hassle."

A public school in Louisiana allegedly advised a Buddhist family to change their beliefs if they didn't want their child to face harassment from zealous teachers.

From zealous teachers?! I might be able to understand if this was a case of bullying from other students (understandable, but not acceptable), but from teachers! Also, has this school never heard of separation of church and state?

Sixth-grade teacher Rita Roark has told her students that the universe was created by God about 6,000 years ago, and taught that both the Big Bang theory and evolution are false, according to the lawsuit. She told her students that “if evolution was real, it would still be happening: Apes would be turning into humans today.”

Apparently they have not... Not only is this blatantly illegal, but this is a SCHOOL teaching that the Earth is six thousand years old. This is bullshit, plain and simple.

When informed that C.C. was a Buddhist and therefore didn't believe in God, Roark allegedly responded, “you’re stupid if you don’t believe in God.”

Well, I know you're stupid if you believe in a magical invisible man who lives in the sky and makes men out of dirt and sacrifices himself to himself to save us from himself, especially when there is no evidence to support such a claim. This shit has no business in a classroom.

On another accusation, she allegedly described both Buddhism and Hinduism as “stupid.”

As opposed to believing in space zombies?

When the outraged parents confronted Sabine Parish Superintendent Sara Ebarb about the incidents, she allegedly told them “this is the Bible belt” and that they “shouldn't be offended” to “see God here.” Ebarb advised that C.C. should either change his faith or be transferred to another District school where “there are more Asians.”

That's racist. Where the school is located is irrelevant as long as it's located in the United States of America. They are telling this kid to convert or get the fuck out. This is an outrage.