The 17-year-old student government president and scholarship candidate was videotaped dancing at an off-campus party following Walker High School’s Sept. 30 Homecoming festivities. A hired DJ took the video and posted it on social media. Three days later, Jason St. Pierre, principal of the public high school near the state capital of Baton Rouge, told the student she would be removed from her position with the student government association and that he would no longer recommend her for college scholarships.

At a meeting in his office with the assistant principal, St. Pierre told the student she wasn’t “living in the Lord’s way,” her mother said, according to The Advocate. He printed out Bible verses with highlighted sections and “questioned who her friends were and if they followed the Lord,” the news outlet reported.

In a statement published Sunday on the Livingston Parish Public Schools district Facebook page, St. Pierre reversed course. Citing the significant public attention the episode had received and more time to consider his decision, the principal apologized to the student’s family and undid his previous disciplinary plans. He also addressed his invocation of religion.

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    21 year ago

    We really need a movement anti religion. Enough is enough. No, i dont want to erradicate religion, I want religion out of day to day decisions.

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      1 year ago

      Lmao. My friend showed me a TikTok of some dingbat Christian Lady talking about how hard it is to be a Christian since they’re being persecuted so much. Like bitch, it has literally never been easier to be a white Christian in the US with how we’re barreling down to good ol’ theocracy land