Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ" at Center of Ohio Controversey

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
By Joe Blundo

OHIO---It’s no coincidence that the religious artwork causing a stir in Jackson, Ohio, has been at the center of controversies in several other public-school districts during the past 20 years. Head of Christ, the depiction of Jesus at issue, has been called the most widespread religious image on Earth. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit in Madison, Wis., sent a letter this month to the Jackson school district demanding that the portrait be removed from Jackson Middle School because, the group says, it violates the First Amendment by promoting a religion. The school board has declined to comply.  The district hired the Liberty Institute, a nonprofit Texas law firm that opposes efforts to remove religious symbols from public places, to advise it on how to proceed. [link]