Kentucky —

FFRF learned that a minister from Cleaton Baptist Church spoke at the March 13 meeting of the South Muhlenberg Elementary School FCA meeting. Photos of the event showing the minister speaking with children were posted to the South Muhlenberg Elementary School official Facebook page with the message, “We’d love to see even more kids join us next time!” Additionally, the page posted photos from the April 24 meeting of the South Hulhenberg Elementary FCA which show a different adult speaking about “the story of Zacchaeus,” and reminding students that “Jesus knows us, sees us, and loves us just as we are.”

“Absent the Equal Access Act, which does not apply to elementary schools, the Establishment Clause prohibits religious clubs, because elementary students are too young to truly run a club entirely on their own initiative with no involvement from school staff or outside adults, and school employees may not organize a religious club for students,” FFRF Anne Nicol Gaylor Legal Fellow Kyle J. Steinberg wrote to the district. In response to FFRF’s letter, Hulenberg County Public Schools Superintendent Contessa Orr emailed FFRF, writing, “I can confirm that there are currently no FCA clubs utilizing elementary school property.” Orr also confirmed that the situation FFRF wrote about initially had been dealt with in an appropriate manner.

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