TONIGHT AT 7: Teacher in Legal Battle Over Crucifix in CT School

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By Katie Vasquez

Marisol Arroyo-Castro, who taught at DiLoreto Elementary & Middle School in New Britain, Conn., has gone to federal court to contest a directive by her bosses to remove a crucifix from her classroom.

Arroyo-Castro’s lawsuit, filed in a Connecticut federal court, claims that by ordering her to remove the crucifix, school district officials ignored religious freedom protections set out in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.