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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two important points - one, the school district cannot legally refuse to rent to any group during non-school hours.  There aren't even any kids present, so it would be plain discrimination.

Another thing; the club is being super transparent about who they are, so that no one registers their kid and then finds out later.

So I don't see the problem. [b] It's not even a religious club[/b].[/quote]

What? That's the only basis for allowing it - nondiscrimination under the first amendment since the school allows other religious clubs after school.  Read the article, and the rationale of the school district and the law professor[/quote]

^ from the article: "University of Richmond law professor Jack Preis told WTKR that Chesapeake Public Schools don’t really have a choice when it come to allowing the Satan Club because if the school is going to allow one religious club to meet, all other clubs must be allowed — regardless of religion — thanks to the First Amendment."[/quote]

NP. And this is why they chose the name they did. A school has no standing for criticizing a Christian club for not talking about the tenets of their faith enough. If they want to meet to crochet doilies and sing the Burger King Whopper commercial, that's fine -- the school has no business saying they can't meet as a Christian club unless they say "THE LORD" sixteen times each hour.

But if they allow that club to meet, then they must allow all clubs that identify with a religion to meet, or be in very clear violation of the first amendment of our nation's Constitution. However -- they still have no standing to judge whether THAT club is sufficiently religious enough by outside standards.

And so here we are. Satanic Temple clubs are just as valid under the Constitution as Christian clubs and Jewish clubs and Mormon clubs and all the rest. If you allow one, you allow them all. It also doesn't matter to their validity if they have 2 members or 200. That's how it works, folks.[/quote]

This. And may I just add, I recognize that's what the Supreme Court says the First Amendment means, but it's stupid. (Sorry Scotus.) Religion should be a private matter. There should not be any religious clubs of any kind in public schools.

But since there are, they have to allow them all. Whatever. You don't have to sign your kid up. I sure wouldn't be signing up for any of these. My kids already sit through 6 hours of Hebrew school a week at our shul. :)

And while we're at it, I'd like it if legislatures ditched the religious openings - I don't care if you occasionally bring in a rabbi or imam, there is no business mixing prayer with civil rulemaking. And I'd get rid of the White House Christmas and Easter stuff too. Give me a break on "it's secular." It's founded in religion and has no business in a public building.[/quote]

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