School Greenlights LGBTQ Club, But Bans Prayer Group

A fifth-grade girl was denied permission to start an interfaith prayer group at her school, while a week earlier, approval for the operation of an LGBTQ club had been granted at the same elementary school in the United States.

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"The Court in the Kennedy case explained that… the First Amendment ‘doubly protects religious speech.’ These First Amendment protections extend to elementary school students expressing their sincere religious beliefs through a voluntary club. Yet the school district flouted its First Amendment obligations when they refused to allow a student-led interfaith prayer club. Its unlawful action violates both the Free Exercise Clause and the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment,” the statement from First Liberty reads.

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