Tennessee —

The Cumberland County Schools system in Crossville, Tenn., has stopped using an elementary school’s social media account to promote the views of the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) club.

A community member reported that Homestead Elementary School had been preferentially promoting the FCA on the official Facebook account. Posts went beyond announcements about FCA events and veered into promoting the religious ideas and viewpoints espoused by FCA, such as thanking adults for coming to talk to FCA about “finishing out the year strong in the Lord” and “being a light.” Posts additionally praised individual students for attending and speaking at the club.

“If the school claims to maintain a neutral policy of providing information on all clubs and their meetings, then the school cannot constitutionally give FCA preferential treatment by over-promoting the FCA’s events and specifically promoting its religious viewpoints and messaging,” FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence wrote.

The district reached out to legal counsel to seek guidance on how to correct the violation. The attorney then spoke with Lawrence directly and agreed that the school should not have been promoting the FCA on social media. He spoke with the district and confirmed that the district would no longer be promoting religious clubs on social media.

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