A Christian student athletic club was thrown off campus in California because of its traditional st

[libertybele]

A Christian student athletic club was thrown off campus in California because of its traditional stance on marriage. Members fought back and won.


 A Christian student athletic club in California was denigrated, protested, then thrown off campus in 2019 on account of its traditional views on marriage. When the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and student leaders' requests to have their club reinstated fell on deaf ears, they took legal action with the help of the religious liberty group Becket and the Christian Legal Society.

In a major upset for LGBT activists and other cultural imperialists in the San Jose Unified School District, a federal court delivered the evangelical FCA a decisive win Wednesday, ordering the reinstatement of its chapter at Pioneer High School.

Rigo Lopez, the local FCA leader for Bay Area schools, responded to the victory for religious liberty, stating, "FCA is excited to be able to get back to serving our campuses. ... Our FCA teams have long enjoyed strong relationships with teachers and students in the past, and we are looking forward to that again."

Daniel Blomberg, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, said, "This is a huge win for these brave kids, who persevered through adversity and never took their eye off the ball: equal access with integrity."

"Today’s ruling ensures religious students are again treated fairly in San Jose and throughout California," added Blomberg.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes student club, founded in 1954, seeks to "lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church."

Despite meeting at San Jose Unified School District schools in California for over a decade without incident, the group was thrown off campus after a single social studies teacher at Pioneer High School denounced the organization during class time, claiming its views on marriage were "bulls***." ....................


https://www.conservativereview.com/a-christian-student-athletic-club-was-thrown-off-campus-in-california-because-of-its-traditional-stance-on-marriage-members-fought-back-and-won-2665405185.html

[PeteS in CA]

This case was open-and-shut from square one (there are three Ninth Circuit District Judges for San Jose, two Obama appointees, one Biden appointee). Public schools cannot discriminate against clubs due to their religious POV. The educrats at Pioneer High School and SJ Unified should be disciplined, for anti-religious discrimination and for ignorance and stupidity. Maybe some of the FCA students will be celebrating this victory at the Chick-fil-A restaurant about a block down Blossom Hill Road from the high school.

[libertybele]

Nice to hear at least one positive thing today...

Right.  Positive news doesn't seem to be abundantly flowing these days.