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Thread #35394   Message #484454
Posted By: SeanM
15-Jun-01 - 03:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Separation of church & state lessened
Subject: RE: BS: Separation of church & state lessened
Mmario -

There's a case of that right now in California. I can't find a link to it, so I'll copy the blurb from the local paper: "

School District Bans Student Clubs

An Orange County high school district banned noncurriculum clubs from its campuses rather than allow the establishment of a Christian club.

The action resulted from a lawsuit settlement by Saddleback Valley Unified School District, which agreed to exclude student clubs rather than allow a chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes on one of its campuses.

The clubs will have to meet before or after school, and can no longer use campus bulletin boards or other school outlets to solicit members or publicize meetings, Bill Manahan, the school district superintendent, said Thursday.
FROM NEWS SERVICES"

What I find interesting is that this is two pages after the article wherein the 'Boy Scout' funding restriction that I mentioned above has been broadened (By Barbara Boxer - a Democrat, no less) to now state that a school refusing to allow a group that discriminates on the basis of the organization's "position concerning sexual orientation" to use their facilities risks losing federal funds.

M