Posted on 09/04/2008 6:15:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin
ANAHEIM A north Orange County high school has been told it can no longer ban a Bible club from meeting on campus and must offer them listings in the school's yearbook and Web site, it was reported Thursday.
Until the federal court ruling, students had been prevented from starting a Bible club at Esperanza High School in Anaheim. Placentia-Yorba Linda School District officials argued that only curriculum-related groups are allowed on campus, the Los Angeles Times reported.
But in issuing a preliminary injunction last Thursday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney said that Esperanza does allow other groups -- such as a Red Cross club -- to meet on campus, even though he said they are not directly related to academics, according to the newspaper.
That means the district must follow the federal Equal Access Act and 1st Amendment and allow the Bible club to form, Carney said, according to The Times.
The club will now be able to meet on campus, have access to an advisor and school supplies, and be listed in the yearbook, complete with a photo.
"Schools must provide a microcosm of society, along with the freedom for students to be exposed to diverse and challenging views and choose between them," Carney wrote, according to The Times.
"The district's objections seem to be based, at least partially, on a paternalistic desire to control the views and outlets available to students during the day."
The preliminary injunction stands until the case goes to trial, but district officials say they will now review the school's club policies and decide whether to fight the suit
Good. I don’t consider myself religious, but I don’t have a problem with a Bible Club. Anyways, the Bible says rabbits are unclean and henceforth should be hated.
SITREP
the question was asked and the question was answered...
and even in CA the constitution proved true.
It's all in God's plan...
So there’s esperanza in Esperanza after all.
First it’s Bible clubs. The next thing you know, they’ll want footbaths, and paid breaks for prayer, and then they’ll be instituting canon law, and then they’re gonna make everyone convert! It’s a slippery slope a-comin’, friends!
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>>>Anyways, the Bible says rabbits are unclean and henceforth should be hated.
Let’s not be splitting hares.
Who wants to bet that the school officials aren’t already trying to figure out a way to ban all clubs and then institute “extra-curricular, after-hour” classes covering general topics related to clubs they approve of as a basic cover to enable previously existing and approved clubs to meet under the guise of an academic activity...
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