Freedom from Religion Foundation: Jesus flyer calls for MMSD policy change, FFRF charges:
September 18, 2007 by WAYNE MULLEN
"Plant the Seeds of Faith in Jesus in Your Child at our Sunday School."
(MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Madison Metropolitan School District to alter its laissez-fair take-home flyer policy, following complaints about a religion-drenched flyer sent home on behalf of a church in the backpacks of elementary-aged schoolchildren.
The bright gold full-page flyer by Grace Lutheran Church announced "Back to Sunday School" and a "Sunday School Rally" on Sept. 9, which included a sign-up form, and stated: "Plant the Seeds of Faith in Jesus in Your Child at our Sunday School."
"Don't Neglect the 3 R's: Religion, Relationships and Rejoicing!"
Foundation co-president Annie Laurie Gaylor, whose watchdog group has strongly objected in the past to the District's take-home policy, wrote Supt. Art Rainwater: "This practice is objectionable on so many counts."
Religion News Blog Comment:
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is an American free thought organization based in Madison, Wisconsin.
Its purposes, as stated in its bylaws, are to promote the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to atheism.
Freedom of Religion Act, also known as The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a 1993 United States federal law aimed at preventing laws which substantially burden a person's free exercise of their religion.
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