FFRF had a good victory this week:
The national Freedom From Religion Foundation has settled a federal lawsuit against the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colo., over a policy that urged children to spend an hour a week at a religious institution. The District and the Foundation agreed upon wording to include encouragement to children to spend an hour a week in various civic or educational pursuits, including not only religious but irreligious.
Filed on behalf of parents with children in the District, the lawsuit challenged a program known as “40 Developmental Assets.”
The disputed Asset 19 stated: “Religious Community – Young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religious institution.”
The asset was prominently posted in Cherry Creek public schools alongside the photo of a young child with her hands clasped as though in prayer under the title “Faith Community.” (source)
Bravo!
