March 5, 2001
Source: Los Angeles Times
On March 5, 2001, the Los Angeles Times reported that, "while religious clubs still are being challenged in the courts across the nation,...outside the South, Orange County may be the epicenter of a growing national phenomenon of religious groups on high school campuses." To preserve the line between church and state, many school districts do not allow adults to approach students about forming religious organizations. A student leader of one of these groups, however, said "the focus is not so much on converting students as on creating a community for other Christians, a refuge from the intense pressure to drink beer and have sex that she says so permeates much of campus life."