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Legislators request Lautenschlager’s opinion in Eau Claire controversy
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by Michael Gendall
Thursday, November 17, 2005
by Mike Gendall
College Editor
Twenty-five Wisconsin legislators sent a letter to Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager Wednesday, asking her legal opinion on a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire policy, which they feel may be unconstitutional.
The policy, which first made headlines earlier this month, prohibits resident assistants from leading Bible studies in their residence halls.
“Consultations with the Legislature’s top attorneys indicate that this policy may conflict with the ‘free exercise of religion clause’ of the First Amendment,” the letter reads. “We are concerned the Bible ban puts the UW System in a precarious position with the U.S. Constitution.”...