College Instructor Claims Unconstitutional State Religious Endorsement

An adjunct instructor at Florida's Broward Community college has sued claiming that he was not hired to teach more courses because the school's religion department has embraced Christian fundamentalism. James W. Johnson, who is Catholic, charges that state-supported community college is discriminating against nonfundamentalists in violation the Florida Constitution that prohibits using state money "directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination." Today's South Florida Sun Sentinel reports on the filing of the lawsuit in Broward County Circuit Court by Johnson who has taught religion part time at the college for 12 years.