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Article: Christian student club can't discriminate, says Appeals Court.(AROUND THE STATES)(Brief article)
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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A federal appeals court has tossed aside a student religious club's lawsuit against a Washington State public school district's anti-discrimination policy.
In late August, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the student Christian club, known as "Truth," had failed to prove that it should be exempt from state law and the school district's anti-discrimination policy.
The lawsuit was prompted after the student government at Kentridge High School refused to grant an exemption to the Christian club. The high school only grants charters for operation to student groups that pledge not to discriminate in ...