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Atheist complaint forces Florida elementary school to shut down Christian club

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A rural Florida elementary school dismantled a Christian club on campus for students after being threatened with a legal complaint from an atheist group.

A rural Florida elementary school has reportedly disbanded a new student-led Christian club on campus after receiving a legal complaint from an atheist group which called the religious meeting unconstitutional. The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter to Hamilton County Schools after discovering students at the district's only elementary school had started hosting a chapter meeting for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in January.

Elementary students are too young to truly run a club entirely on their own initiative with no input from school staff or outside adults,' a legal fellow for the celebrated the district's decision in a press release.

 

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