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Cert Filed In Case Challenging Non-Recognition of Christian Student Group

By Howard M. Friedman

A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Truth v. Kent School District. In the case, the 9th Circuit upheld the application of a Seattle, Washington school's rules against religious discrimination to Truth, a Bible study club. The organization was denied recognition as a student group because its charter limits membership to those who sign a statement of fundamentalist Christian faith. (See prior posting.) The cert petition raises issues of expressive association and of interpretation of the federal Equal Access Act. A press release by Alliance Defense Fund announced the filing of the appeal.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).