Ethics

Interesting State Level Church/State Lawsuit

By Ed Brayton

The Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed suit in state court in Wisconsin over a school district's policy of allowing all local non-profit groups, including religious groups, to use school facilities free of charge during non-school hours, to post items on school bulletin boards and to distribute literature in the schools. In regard to the use of school facilities, they cite Article 1 Section 24 of the Wisconsin constitution, which says:

Nothing in this constitution shall prohibit the legislature from authorizing, by law, the use of public school buildings by civic, religious or charitable organizations during nonschool hours upon payment by the organization to the school district of reasonable compensation for such use.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 03, 2008 (boomark / email).