A school district in the leftist enclave of Minnesota, now run by Gov. Tim Walz, the failed Democrat nominee for vice president in 2024 whose agenda has been to promote abortion and transgenderism, has decided to ban pastors from meetings of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
A report from columnist Todd Starnes identified the school as Pequot Lakes Public Schools, which announced "non-school adults may not attend FCA meetings on a regular basis."
The report explained the school imposed the draconian viewpoint discrimination rule after the Freedom From Religious Foundation filed a complaint and accused a local youth pastor of recruiting students at middle school FCA meetings.
"They accused the middle school of using FCA meetings as a recruiting ground for a religious mission. They further contended that the youth pastor broke the Equal Access Act," Starnes reported.
Kyle Steinberg, a part of the FFRF team, complained, "Schools cannot constitutionally allow religious organizations to treat schools as a recruiting ground for their religious mission."
And Annie Laurie Gaylor, another FFRF member, insisted, "A pastor or other evangelists may not be allowed unobstructed access to a captive audience of public school students. The district has made the right call to abide by the Constitution."
Starnes, however, pointed out, "For the record there's nothing unconstitutional about a Christian club inviting a Christian minister to speak to Christian students."
Further, students may choose to attend FCA meetings, but are not ordered to do so.
Starnes pointed out if atheists want equal access they could start their own club.
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