Post by Paddy by Grace on Jan 20, 2009 14:04:03 GMT -7
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Ark. high school accused of religous biasCharlie Butts and Marty Cooper - OneNewsNow - 1/17/2009 4:20:00 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State is challenging an Arkansas school.
According to an Americans United press release, Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs has allowed construction of a special meeting room for Fellowship of Christian Athletes gatherings. The new addition to the public school's football complex -- called the "FCA room" and paid for by private funds -- is being called discriminatory and unconstitutional by Americans United.
Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel disagrees. "This particular case illustrates how anti-religious and anti-freedom and anti-First Amendment the Americans United organization really is," he contends. "To file suit against a school because that school allows the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to use its facility on an equal basis to other secular organizations is simply contrary to the law, contrary to the First Amendment, and illustrates their anti-religious bias."
Reverend Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, believes the room should be shared equally by all student groups. "This is a public school, not Sunday school," he says. "Public schools must welcome children of all faiths and none."
Even though the high school was candidly supportive of the room's religious purpose, Staver suggests this case is another clear example of why Christians ought to stand their ground.
"This is a situation where it's gotten out of control with these organizations," he concludes. "If we stand by and do nothing, they will literally rewrite American history."
Ark. high school accused of religous biasCharlie Butts and Marty Cooper - OneNewsNow - 1/17/2009 4:20:00 AM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State is challenging an Arkansas school.
According to an Americans United press release, Fountain Lake High School in Hot Springs has allowed construction of a special meeting room for Fellowship of Christian Athletes gatherings. The new addition to the public school's football complex -- called the "FCA room" and paid for by private funds -- is being called discriminatory and unconstitutional by Americans United.
Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel disagrees. "This particular case illustrates how anti-religious and anti-freedom and anti-First Amendment the Americans United organization really is," he contends. "To file suit against a school because that school allows the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to use its facility on an equal basis to other secular organizations is simply contrary to the law, contrary to the First Amendment, and illustrates their anti-religious bias."
Reverend Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United, believes the room should be shared equally by all student groups. "This is a public school, not Sunday school," he says. "Public schools must welcome children of all faiths and none."
Even though the high school was candidly supportive of the room's religious purpose, Staver suggests this case is another clear example of why Christians ought to stand their ground.
"This is a situation where it's gotten out of control with these organizations," he concludes. "If we stand by and do nothing, they will literally rewrite American history."