And then there's the school district that wants to toss freedom of religion out the window.

Antioch Bible Church holds its Sunday services in a high school gym it rents from the Lake Washington School District.

Last Sunday, Antioch asked its congregation to sign a referendum that would take civil liberties away from gays and lesbians.

Well, the Lake Washington School District took a legal peek at the goings on and decided, hey, that's against a state law that says facilities of a public agency (like schools) can't be used in electing people or assisting campaigns.

The district sent Antioch a letter detailing that, along with a thinly veiled threat about doing it again.

I guess district officials conveniently forgot all about those "vote yes" levy signs I've repeatedly seen on school reader boards.

I guess the district also had a brief memory lapse about how classrooms have been used for political caucus meetings.

Look, as much as I hate what Referendum 65 is trying to do, I deplore the Lake Washington School District's attempt to restrict the people who attend Antioch Church from practicing their religion in a legally protected manner.

Just because Antioch Bible Church is preaching and promoting intolerance doesn't leave the Lake Washington School District free to toss out the 1st Amendment.

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