Prayer Rooms in Public Universities

[John C. Eastman]

Equal Access Act is codified at 20 U.S.C. sec. 4071.  By its terms,
it applies to "any public secondary school."  Sec. 4071(a) (emphasis
added).
John C. Eastman
Chapman University School of Law

Jonathan Lipson wrote:

>         A member of my faculty has expressed chagrin that we (a
> state school) would have a "prayer" room, open to all.  To
> paraphrase:  "a prayer room assumes a deity, and god has no
> place in a public university."
>
>         Putting to one side the first part of his analysis, can
> someone (i) quickly refer me to the Federal equal access statute
> that permits religious groups to used public school facilities;
> (ii) tell me whether it would apply to a public university;
> and/or (iii)  given me any insight into the merits of this
> argument? I think it is wrong, but this is beyond my area of
> expertise.  I'd like to be able to set the record straight, if
> possible.
>
>         Please feel to reply on or off line
> (jlipson at ubmail.ubalt.edu).
>
>         Thanks.
>
> Jonathan C. Lipson
> Assistant Professor of Law
> University of Baltimore School of Law
> 1420 North Charles Street
> Baltimore, MD 21201
> (410-837-4054)
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