Last October, a couple of students at Hicksville High School in Nassau County approached their principal to request official recognition for the Frontline Club, a Christian discipleship organization. But according to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the Christian legal alliance representing the students, the principal would not allow any religious clubs to be recognized, despite the fact that 12 other schools in the county already had Christian clubs.
After receiving further pressure, the principal finally admitted that the real reason was limited finances. But ADF attorney David Cortman does not buy that excuse.
"It's simply ridiculous in this case that Hicksville High School says it has no budget for a Christian club but somehow has enough to pay for 35 clubs, including a ping pong club," he notes.
Based on that, Cortman decides the principal is violating the constitutional rights of the Christian students.
"Public schools cannot ban Christian student clubs simply because they're religious," he contends. "If officials at government-run schools did their homework, they'd know that the students have a First Amendment right to express their beliefs."
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