Waunakee Community School District to consider religious advertising in school district facilities.
UPDATE 5/10/22 – WCSD Board of Education adopts policy prohibiting any religious organization from advertising in schools.
The Waunakee CSD Board will be meeting tonight, and on their agenda is the oh-so-sexy topic of advertising requests! This year however should be slightly more exciting.
North Ridge Church and the Waunakee Area Satanic Temple have both submitted designs and the required donation to the current advertising drive.
As many of you may be aware, the US Supreme Court recently held in Shurtleff v. City of Boston that because a program did not express government speech, the refusal to let a religious group participate violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
In short, if the school district is opening the door to religious advertising in the schools, it seems inevitable that our community will be hearing from all ranges of churches, from those that advocate on behalf of freedom, justice and compassion, to those that advocate for a medieval view towards women and the inerrancy of holy books.
Freedom, for good or ill.
UPDATE
Waunakee & Friends 