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Article: ACLJ Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Colorado School District for Denying Students Permission to Form Bible Club.
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- January 6, 2003
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2003
The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, today filed a federal lawsuit against a Colorado school district charging religious discrimination after officials refused to permit students to form a Bible club - but permitted the formation of other student groups including the Gay/Straight Alliance club on campus.
"This is a clear case of a school district discriminating against students who want to form a club based on their religious beliefs," said Stuart J. Roth, Senior Counsel of the ACLJ, which filed the suit against the school district. "The law is ...