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Ban on Bible club creates lawsuit. (Update: education news from schools, business, research and professional organizations).


Two Colorado high school students are suing their school because it banned a Bible club, but not a Gay/Straight Alliance and other political and social groups.

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 for Law and Justice, founded by televangelist tel·e·van·gel·ist  
n.
An evangelist who conducts religious telecasts.



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 Pat Robertson, filed the suit in U.S. District Court on behalf of the Monarch High School Monarch High School can refer to several different schools:
  • Monarch High School (Colorado)
  • Monarch High School (Florida)
 students in Louisville, Colo.

The suit claims the defendants, including Boulder Valley School District The Boulder Valley School District is the local school district for Boulder, Colorado and ten neighboring communities including Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, and Nederland.

The Boulder Valley Board of Education officially appointed Dr.
, violated the First and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and the federal Equal Access Act by prohibiting senior Ashley Thiele to start a Bible club at the school last fall. The suit asks that the club's gatherings be allowed.
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Title Annotation:Louisville, Colorado school
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Date:Mar 1, 2003
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