Evangelical Christians Use Schools for Preaching

By Jeanne Baron on Friday, January 2, 2004.
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Religious groups in Maine have started taking advantage of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

The Court has decided that religious groups are just like any other non-profit organization when it comes to using school facilities after class.

Still schools remain a contested ground in the ongoing debate over freedom of speech and the separation of church and state.

Maine Public Radio's Jeanne Baron traveled from Fort Kent to Lewiston to visit two Christian groups who count on the schools in their effort to bring their Christian message of salvation to the very young.

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