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Can’t Keep a Free Lunch Down
A religious group that sparked protests in 2016 for providing free lunches to Middleton High School students with a dose of Christian scripture has expanded to schools in Madison and Verona.
Students from those schools “asked us for a couple of years to do that,” said organizer Melissa Helbach after serving up pizza to about thirty Verona Area High School kids at Harriet Park, located two blocks from the school. On Monday, the group served about 20 kids at the city soccer fields located across Mineral Point Road from Madison Memorial High.
Tuesday lunches take place at the original venue of Fireman’s Park, adjacent to Middleton High School, whereas many as 600 kids lined up for food last year, and where “hundreds” showed up this week, according to Helbach.
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Haven’t seen you around these parts in awhile, John! Good to see ya!
And oh, look! There’s Annie Laurie Gaylor, inserting herself into the story!
I find it interesting that she said that students contacted them to get involved because it was divisive, but then told her to drop it because she was being divisive.
I don’t believe the first part of that, but I certainly believe the second.
For those not familiar with Annie Laurie Gaylor, she’s a militant atheist who has long been a gadfly in this state (and others) chasing down public expressions of religion. When the state Capitol is all decorated for Christmas, their sign is always included in the annual Christmas display:
I like how their organization’s acronym is basically a raspberry. “Ffrf!”
Drew,
You are so right brother, about “Atheist Annie”.
You you want to be an Atheist, so be it, but “leave my people alone”.
It’s a fart.
too bad fart.org is already taken,.
It would be worth the buck to link the ffrf.org to it.
Christians have been feeding captive audiences like this since Jesus broke the loaves and fishes for the 5000. Sly of them, isn’t it? Maybe the school cafeteria needs to up their game.
They really should change it to People For Freedom From Theology.
Secular Humanist SoS is no match for the Pizza of the Lord.
That’s not how it works.