Tuesday, February 23, 2010



NY high school cancels Christian club, lets 60 others remain

Wherever possible, Christian views must be suppressed on campus, apparently
"Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Board of Education of Half Hollow Hills Central School District on behalf of a student who was told that school officials cancelled, without her knowledge, the Christian club she helps lead. School officials claimed that unspecified budget cuts and a lack of student popularity spurred their decision, even though the club had more than 55 student attendees last year and approximately 60 other student clubs, including the Gay-Straight Alliance and Amnesty International, were allowed to continue.

“Christian student groups in public schools shouldn’t be discriminated against simply because they are religious,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman. “Singling out a religious student club while letting the vast majority of the others remain constitutes viewpoint discrimination and is unconstitutional. In addition, it’s simply false that this club is not popular with students. More than 90 students signed a petition in favor of allowing the club to continue meeting.

"At the beginning of her freshman year at Half Hollow Hills High School East, the student was told that the Ichthus Club, a student-led group where she was one of the leaders, had been cancelled without any advanced notification. Four years earlier, her older brother met strong resistance before the club was finally allowed to form. Once he graduated, the school cancelled the club, even though the existence of clubs is not dependent upon a particular person’s leadership.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll bet if it was an "Islamic Awareness" club, it'd be embraced fervently.

Anonymous said...

Might this particular part of NY have a heavy jewish/liberal presence? That would surely explain their actions.

Anonymous said...

It's sad that the very administrators that are supposed to be teaching our children are so ignorant of what the constitution says. While I can accept that they are not supposed to sponsor a religious club, it is also a fact that they are not allowed to prohibit the free exercise thereof

Anonymous said...

Anon 2:46, I grew up as a Christian in a small, predominately Jewish city in the U.S., and Christians were NEVER discriminated against. It sounds like a few people with an axe to grind, not the general population of the area. I could be wrong, though.

Anonymous said...

It amazes me to see the loops that schools will go through to avoid potential lawsuits (call the cops for everything, etc...) yet turn around and open themselves wide open to a lawsuit that they're almost guaranteed to lose.

~darko

Anonymous said...

Selective enforcement of the law. Gotta love the feds. Rest assured that if it was a racial or homosexual case of discrimination the feds might step in with a federal prosecution. Some animals are more equal than others. There is a pattern of discrimination that can be shown. File a lawsuit and take this district for as much money as possible. Then donate the court or settlement award to local churches.

Anonymous said...

Perfect answer Anon 2:08!

And Anon 5:45, it takes only 1 match to start a forest fire.