Anti-religion group threatens to ‘warn’ Auburn University after 200 kids baptized on campus: ‘Absolute joke’

More than 200 students at Auburn University were baptized in a single evening this week after a campus worship program that was reportedly attended by hundreds. (Kenzie Gay/Michael Floyd)

An anti-religion group attempting to throw cold water on an Alabama university after the school’s football coach was filmed assisting with the baptism of a student has a "twisted interpretation of the First Amendment," a legal expert says.

On Friday, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter to Auburn University President Christopher Roberts warning that more than 200 student baptisms, one of which was assisted by Auburn Tigers head football coach Hugh Freeze, somehow violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.

"These ongoing and repeated constitutional violations at the University create a coercive environment that excludes those students who don’t subscribe to the Christian views being pushed onto players by their coaches," it states.

But Tyson Langhofer, senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom, is calling FFRF’s letter a "twisted interpretation of the First Amendment."

AUBURN STUDENTS RUSH INTO LAKE FOR IMPROMPTU BAPTISMS AS FOOTBALL COACH LENDS A HAND AT MASSIVE WORSHIP EVENT

The baptisms took place Tuesday night at a lake at Auburn's Red Barn venue, about half a mile from Neville Arena, site of a "Unite Auburn" worship event that drew a massive crowd. (Mateo Arenas)

"Freedom From Religion Foundation’s twisted interpretation of the First Amendment has the potential to crush both students’ and their coaches’ essential right to live out their faith," Langhofer told Fox News Digital in a statement.

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