Bible Ban Controversy Swirls

It’s the controversy about religion on campus that won’t go away, with fresh salvos fired today from both sides.

On July 26, an University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire (UWEC) administrator banned resident assistants (RAs) from leading private, non-school-sponsored Bible studies in their dorms out of concern that students might feel "judged” and that Bible study–leading RAs might not be sufficiently "approachable.”

Undergraduate RA Lance Steiger contacted the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which on October 10 asked UWEC Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson to lift the Bible study ban. Receiving no response, FIRE took the case public on November 2, resulting in public outcry and condemnation of the policy from state and national lawmakers.

NewsMax.com

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