Saturday, February 15, 2014
Christian clubs in North Carolina public school that violates the 1st Amendment, you betcha. Allow a club that supports non-believers, sorry no go.
A North Carolina student was looking forward to starting a club for atheists at her high school—until administrators reportedly shot down those dreams.
Pisgah High School in Canton already has a fellowship for Christian athletes. But when 15-year-old Kalei Wilson tried to start a club for secular students, she said she encountered nothing but resistance.
“Everyone’s accepting of the Christian group,” Wilson told The News. “It’s not fair to people like me who don’t have a place to go to meet like-minded thinkers.”
Wilson says she often sees posters in the school advertising events for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which many of her peers call the “Bible Club.”
The Christian group’s goals are made clear on the Pisgah High School website.
“The vision of FCA at Pisgah is to see our school and community impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of athletes and coaches.”
You know you would think that by high school it would be made clear to the students, and apparently the faculty, that the United States of America is not a theocracy.
Every year more and more people self identify as non-religious or atheist, yet they are still the most hated minority in America.
In fact it seems they often feel even more isolated than the gay community, not only here in the US but around the world. And yet when they try to reach out, to find those of a like mind, they are made to feel even more unwelcome and insignificant.
I can tell you from experience what it feels like to live a life without the comfort of religion, or the sense of community that regular church attendance provides. As an adult my strength comes from within, but as a teenager feelings of isolation and rejection can be overwhelming and lead one to make terrible choices, or hide within yourself so deeply that soon no one can reach you.
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