Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Funding for Tiny Christian College in Alaska: "This is just promoting religion,"

Lawsuit Filed Over Federal Funding for Tiny Christian College in Alaska - from TBO.com: "By Mary Pemberton Associated Press Writer | Published: Apr 26, 2005

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A group advocating the separation of church and state has sued the federal Education Department over funding for a tiny Christian college with a predominantly Alaska Native or American Indian student body.

Alaska Christian College in Soldotna has just 37 students, but has received more than $1 million in federal money in the past two years, according to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska.

"This is just promoting religion," Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Wisconsin-based foundation, said Tuesday. The group's lawsuit was filed Thursday in Wisconsin.