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Retake photo with all sort of opinion

Concerning the picture retake at Arlington High School leaving out the boy wearing the “God Is Dead” shirt:

I think it would be great if they’d retake it one more time, but this time with him wearing his shirt on one side of the photo and someone else on the other side wearing a shirt with something like, “Jesus Is Alive” or one of my personal favorites, “There is a God and you are not Him” on it. After all, this was a debate club picture, wasn’t it? Let the debate go on!

Jane Backholm

Aberdeen

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