Friday, April 25, 2008

FFRF Files Lawsuit Against Rio School District And Wisconsin Department Of Instruction

The Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national organization of freethinkers working to keep church and state separate, today filed a lawsuit in Dane County Court seeking to force the school district in Rio, Wis., to charge rent to the Child Evangelism Fellowship Group. The evangelism group, part of an international bible-based Christian ministry seeking to convert boys and girls, regularly holds religious meetings targeting elementary students on school property at the end of the school day. The school district also sends home flyers publicizing the after-school evangelism.

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