An atheist advocacy group is attacking state-owned Auburn University for the role three of its coaches played in an evangelical Christian worship event at the Alabama school last week.
on Sept. 12 was held in the school’s Neville Arena, with the rent funded by private donations. About 200 students were baptized after the event in a small lake on campus, illuminated by automobile headlights.
“While student athletes are free to pray, either individually or as a group, university staff members should not be leading, participating in or encouraging students to engage in religious exercises,” the group said in the letter. Mr. Line said the atheist foundation is demanding the school “educate” its coaches “as to their constitutional duties as university employees.” He also says the hiring of “chaplains” for the athletes is illegal.
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