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The controversial portrait of Jesus Christ at the center of a federal lawsuit pitting the American Liberties Union against a rural southern Ohio school district was taken down on Wednesday.
The portrait had hung in the entryway of Jackson Middle School since the Truman administration.
For a few months, school officials had said they would fight the Establishment Clause-based lawsuit filed by the ACLU along with the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom from Religion Foundation on behalf of an unnamed student and two unnamed parents. (RELATED: ACLU sues to force removal of Ohio middle school’s 65-year-old Jesus portrait)
However, Columbus-area ABC affiliate reports that Phil Howard, Jackson Board of Education superintendent, decided to capitulate after the district’s insurance company refused to pay costs associated with defending the lawsuit.
“At the end of the day, we just couldn’t roll the dice with taxpayer money,” Howard said, according to Fox News. “When you get into these kinds of legal battles, you’re not talking about money you can raise with bake sales and car washes. It’s not fair to take those resources from our kids’ education.”
Howard’s stance has changed since the Freedom from Religion Foundation first threatened a lawsuit. (RELATED: Anti-religion group demands removal of Jesus portrait from Ohio middle school)