The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is threatening the Mexican Fiesta in Milwaukee, but a legal expert believes the prospect of a lawsuit is slim.
The annual fiesta organizer received a letter from the atheist group complaining that attendees received a discount this year for attending a mass prior to the gates opening to the public.
However, Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel sees nothing wrong with that.
"They give discounts to people who are going to Little League," he points out. "They have those kinds of outreaches to different kinds of segments of society in order to get people to come and patronize their place of business. Because an organization or business does that to a church or a Catholic organization, it does not establish a religion and it certainly doesn't violate any employment or public accommodation laws."
So, Staver suggests the threat is frivolous.
"They only have four staff attorneys, and they're not the best litigators to handle all of these kinds of cases anyway," he tells OneNewsNow. "So, even if they wanted to, they wouldn't have the resources to file suit every time that they threaten the suit."
But if they do follow through this time, Staver asserts that Liberty Counsel would be pleased to provide the festival with legal assistance, free of charge.
FFRF has mailed a rash of threatening letters to different entities in the past couple of months.