In Louisiana, the Caldwell Parish High School football team’s coaches have been warned not to promote religion to the team in the future.
FFRF was informed that a coach had been taking the team to church. The coach had also been exposing the athletes to religious movies and music. The coach had described his efforts to indoctrinate student-athletes into Christianity as “faith-based team building.”
FFRF Staff Attorney Sam Grover wrote to Superintendent John Gullatt on Sept. 16, 2016, about the violations.
The school district’s attorney responded in writing to FFRF on Feb. 1, that the coaches had been reminded of the district’s policies against religious promotion.
