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In defense of the right to discriminate

By Alliance Alert

Wendy Kaminer writing at Spiked Online: "If the relationship between screening group members and expressing a group ideal seems obvious (practically tautological), the ninth circuit court of appeals still managed to finesse it. In Truth v Kent School District, a three-judge panel justified the denial of official status to a high school bible club, Truth, by minimising the effect of the denial on the club?s First Amendment rights and magnifying the effect of the club?s exclusionary rules on other students. (Truth is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, which is seeking Supreme Court review. FIRE has filed an amicus brief in support of Truth?s appeal.)"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).