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Americans United for Separation of Church & State
Protecting Your Right to Believe... Or Not
Sunday February 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Dinner with Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Barry will visit us on February 12th. Come hear what Barry has to say about the future of Separation of Church and state in the US. Seating is limited, please sign up today.
Date: February 12, 2012
Time: 4 PM Cocktail with dinner at 5 pm
Dress code: business attire
Reservation online through paypal or send check to: AU-OC, 2781 W. MacArthur Blvd Suite B, Santa Ana, 92704
For information contact: Steph Campbell, (714) 299-4551, or e-mail orangecountyau@yahoo.com
Saturday March 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Katherine Stewart The Good News Club: The Christian Right’s Stealth Assault on America’s Children
In January, 2009, Katherine Stewart learned that the Santa Barbara public elementary school her children attended had added a Bible study class called the “Good News Club” to its afterschool program. Stewart’s curiosity turned to concern as she discovered that the unstated purpose of the club, which is sponsored by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, is to convey the impression to its young members and their schoolmates that their school favors a particular form of the Christian religion. She soon learned that the Good News Club—a seemingly spontaneous and voluntary after-school program—was in fact part of a larger, calculated initiative by national advocacy groups whose declared aim is to “take back” America’s public schools and repurpose them with a Fundamentalist Christian agenda.
What happened in Stewart’s community is happening nationwide: at the end of 2010 there were more than 3,500 Good News Clubs operating in public schools across the country, and the number is rapidly increasing. What’s more, a landmark 2001 Supreme Court ruling not only permits such an unusual pairing of schooling and religion, it effectively makes it obligatory.
Irvine Ranch Water District Headquarters (Multi-purpose Room) 15600 Sand Canyon Avenue (at Waterworks), Irvine, CA 92618*
Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
For information contact: Steph Campbell, (714) 299-4551, or e-mail orangecountyau@yahoo.com
*IRWD neither supports nor endorses the cause nor the activities of organizations which use the district's meeting rooms that are made available as a public service.