A high school in Robertson County is facing First Amendment questions after hosting a religious event for student athletes during practice — a move one organization is calling “unconstitutional” and “indoctrination.”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national organization that works to uphold the separation of religion and governance, is calling upon White House Heritage High School to investigate after Andrew Fortner, a member of religious organization Middle Tennessee Fellowship of Christian Athletes, led a religious ceremony during a school basketball practice on Nov. 1.
The ceremony included having five student athletes wash their fellow teammates’ feet, while Fortner preached to the gathered teens.
A Nov. 1 post on Fortner’s Facebook page, which has since been removed, said, “Five Heritage players won a free throw shooting competition at practice and knew…
