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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
Of course some will make an issue of this no matter how much good may come of it and will cry for the ACLU to come in and file a law suit over "separation of church and state" (a gross distortion of the first amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.") and make the entire situation untenable. It may be best we let this topic go and allow something good to survive as long as possible.
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I certainly do not see any "separation of church and state" issue, however I am sure someone will try. It makes good headlines - SIGH.
However, as an atheist I would be interested in knowing if this is an exception being granted only to Churches or if this is something that any organization in need of renting facilities can make use of. (I assume the Church is renting the facilities?!).
I personally have no issue with renting out facilities to non-resident organizations as long as it does not impact resident use of the facilities, and that Churches are not the only organizations given the exception (assuming it is an assumption.)