Side with the American Family Association? - Worth Noting - Bible club in high school - Brief Article

Humanist, March-April, 2003 by Karen Ann Gajewski

* Here's a dilemma: should humanists side with the American Family Association over the decision by the Boulder Valley School District to refuse to allow high school students to form a Bible club while allowing other clubs, including a gay/straight alliance. A federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination has been filed against the Colorado school district by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a religious right public interest law firm. Since the school requires that all clubs be curriculum-related, the students forming the Bible club claim it would relate to the curriculum by serving as an extension to courses which deal with the Bible in history, literature, and philosophy.

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist.