NC High School Allows Atheist Student Group After Pressure From Nat'l Organizations

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http://www.christianpost.com/news/nc-high-school-allows-atheist-student-group-after-pressure-from-natl-organizations-114786/

BY KATHERINE WEBER, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
February 18, 2014|9:48 pm


(Photo: Facebook/Kalei Wilson)Kalei Wilson, 15-year-old student at Pisgah High School in Canton, N.C. who recently succeeded in having a chapter of the Secular Student Alliance started at her school.

A high school in North Carolina has decided to allow students to form a chapter of the Secular Student Alliance after initially refusing to do so. In the past few weeks, the school's district has received letters from the SSA, Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union encouraging them to allow the club.

Pisgah High School in Canton, N.C., reportedly met with student Kalei Wilson this week, granting her permission to start a chapter of the Secular Student Alliance.

"We are thrilled to see this victory for Kalei and all of the students at Pisgah High School!" August E. Brunsman IV, executive director of the SSA, said in a statement. "We fight everyday to ensure students' rights aren't infringed upon, and are pleased with this response from Haywood County Schools."

"The Secular Student Alliance plans to keep a close watch on Pisgah High School to ensure Kalei and her fellow students can build her community without any further violations of their rights. We are certain the administration will do the right thing and follow the law when it comes to students building communities," a press release from the SSA adds.

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