Lincoln, Neb., Jan 18, 2017 / 16:46 pm
Sister Madeleine Miller's efforts to substitute teach in a Nebraska public school ran afoul of a century-old law that left her bewildered – and prompted the state legislature to take another look at the law's dark past.
"I was just shocked," she told the Lincoln Journal-Star. "It was 2015. How could that possibly be legal or constitutional?"
Sr. Miller, 37, is a member of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Norfolk, which requires its sisters to wear their habit at almost all times in public.
She had applied to Norfolk Public Schools as a public school substitute due to a lack of openings in Catholic schools. The school district told her she couldn't wear her habit if she was hired.