Supreme Court Won't Hear Bible Club Case [View All]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court turned aside a church-state fight over a Bible club given permission by a lower court to meet in a public school during classtime.

Attorneys for a school superintendent in the state of Washington argued that a federal appeals court was far out of bounds when it ruled in favor of the Bible club last year. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the club, called World Changers, should be treated the same as other school clubs and allowed to use school space and supplies.

Spanaway Lake High School set aside classtime each morning for students to receive tutoring, do homework, attend assemblies or attend meetings of clubs approved by the school. Attendance at some approved activity was mandatory.

"No other court has ever held that religious clubs have the right to meet in a public school during instructional time when attendance is mandated," the school's lawyers argued in court papers.


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