Alabama's governor penned a letter to the co-presidents of the Wisconsin-based organization after it sent notices to two universities in recent days complaining that both are violating the Constitution by taking part in prayers or other religious events.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Gov. Kay Ivey has responded to Freedom from Religion Foundation concerns about the promotion of religious events by public college employees by saying Alabama “will not be intimidated by out-of-state interest groups dedicated to destroying our nation’s religious heritage.”
Auburn Tigers head football coach Hugh Freeze helps baptize one of the football players on his team at an event that saw hundreds of people give their lives to Christ on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.head football coach Hugh Freeze and others against athlete baptisms, saying their employer is a public university, not a religious institution, and said their actions amount to “religious coercion” when they use their positions “to inject religion into its sports programs.
Ivey said the FFRF’s letters were “misleading and misguided,” and that no one’s religious liberties are being violated because the events were attended by adults and that “no one faced any threat of adverse consequences for declining to participate.”
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