Nicole,
Thanks for the blog post. I've written a couple of articles on this subject ... http://eastgreenwich.patch.com/articles/school-district-rents-to-second-church and
http://eastgreenwich.patch.com/articles/new-life-church-uses-eghs-as-its-west-bay-campus

Do you seriously have a problem with this? That is a problem. These kumbaya-singing do-gooders pose no threat to you or your family, they pose no threat to the community. Arayan Brotherhood? Hate-mongers? Thats who you're going to compare them to? Please, get your head out of the clouds and relax

I do not see any problem with renting out the auditorium to any entity as long as there is neutrality. The "neurality" seems to become blurred when "He (Bob Wilmarth) estimated that New Life has spent as much as $50,000 on equipment and upgrades for the auditorium. It bought and installed what Wilmarth characterized as a "very sensitive" high definition video projector. In addition, the church installed several speakers and new stage lighting, and upgraded the lighting booth." Any upgrades needed should be done by the town/school, not a private entity (nice as it may be). I would be curious to see what rental agreements there are and if those include upgrading. Do they have an annual rental agreement etc? Understand I don't think any entity (religion) should be refused the opportunity to rent the space, but when thousands of dollars are involved, maybe this should be reviewed. (quote taken from article in http://eastgreenwich.patch.com/articles/new-life-church-uses-eghs-as-its-west-bay-campus)

Yes, it is constitutional under our country's First Amendment which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As Mr. Brown alluded to in Liz's article, government cannot discriminate against speech when they rent their premises. The US Supreme Court has addressed this issue. See eg, Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001)(when a government operates a "limited public forum," it may not discriminate against speech that takes place within that forum on the basis of the viewpoint it expresses).