text: And the parents of the Manitoba school child who pioneered that had their barn burned by upset Christians. The die hard zealot Principle who refused to accommodate the student's request for Freedom From Religion attached a character assassination letter to every request for a transcript, until the student realized something was going on and conducted a sting to get  a copy of the letter. That defamation proved very expensive for the Zealot Principle, and for the Board of Education that he worked for.