High School's Use Of Church For Graduation Questioned

In Enfield, Connecticut, the ACLU has questioned plans by school officials to hold the 2007 graduation ceremony for Enrico Fermi High School at the First Cathedral of Bloomfield. Today's Hartford Courant says that in a letter to school officials, the ACLU asks authorities to find a neutral venue for graduation, claiming that using the church violates the Establishment Clause. The Board of Education Committee that chose First Cathedral says that it offered the most room and services for least cost, and that the church would remove religious artifacts for the graduation.