COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A Rampart High School senior will be able to paint a religious message on her parking spot following a demand letter, according to her legal counsel.
Sophia Shumaker planned to participate in a senior tradition, temporarily painting her spot in the school’s parking lot. Shumaker said her intended design, which included a Bible verse, was denied by the school.
“I was honestly pretty upset. Just because the senior parking spaces are really supposed to resemble and express who we are, and you not being able to show my Christianity or my religious side, which is honestly really upsetting,” Shumaker told KRDO13 on Tuesday, thinking back to the original rejection…