ADF defends pro-lifers denied access to S.D. school
Citizens for Life denied constitutional right to hold meetings on school campus
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against the Rapid City Area School District. ADF attorneys filed suit on behalf of Citizens for Life after officials twice denied the Christian pro-life organization’s requests to use school facilities for an after-school meeting. School district policy allows other community groups to use the facilities for similar meetings but expressly forbids religious purposes. It also allows school officials to choose which political groups may use the facilities.
“Pro-life groups shouldn’t be discriminated against for their beliefs. They have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else in America,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Byron Babione. Read more . . .