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There's stubborn, and there's pigheadedness, and then there's this...
Judge tells school board to stop proselytizing and praying
Now there's a waste of taxpayers' money!
I wonder if they had a lawyer and if they did, how that lawyer advised them. If the lawyer advised them to continue this losing cause, he or she should be fired immediately.
Judge tells school board to stop proselytizing and praying
A Southern California school board no longer will be allowed to pray, proselytize or read Bible passages during its public meetings.
A district court today ruled that the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education’s meetings, which featured calls to “find Jesus” and convert members of the public, were “unconstitutional government endorsements of religion.” Judge Jesus G. Bernal of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ordered the board to immediately stop its school-sponsored prayers...
...After warning the school board for more than a year to cease its prayers, Freedom From Religion Foundation teamed up with local parents to sue the board in November 2014. The school board fought the suit, calling it a religious freedom issue.
They hired the Pacific Justice Institute, a pro bono conservative rights law firm, which said the district would not be “cowed by atheist bullying.” The board also had heavy support to continue their prayers from the local megachurch, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, some of whose 10,000-member congregation attended the district’s schools...
...As a result of today’s court ruling, the Chino Valley Unified School District, which in the past has faced serious budget shortfalls, will be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. Freedom From Religion lawyers estimate that the district could pay out at least $200,000.
Now there's a waste of taxpayers' money!
Lisa Greathouse, whose children graduated from the school district, long questioned the board’s “promoting their religious agenda.” She said she’s not surprised by today’s decision but thinks “the money spent on legal fees could have been much better spent in the classroom.”
I wonder if they had a lawyer and if they did, how that lawyer advised them. If the lawyer advised them to continue this losing cause, he or she should be fired immediately.