Advertising prayer meetings in HS

[Steven D. Jamar]

Thanks, Michael.

That was essentially the answer I gave - without recalling that paragraph
in Mergens.

But I do wonder about the problem of it being a non-school sponsored group.
Does Mergen require a non-school sponsored group be given access if only
school sponsored groups have access to announcements and the like?

I'll need to reread the decision.

Cheers,
Steve

> Steve Jamar's question has a simple answer.  The requirement of equal
> access includes access to all school media used by student groups, on
> the same terms as made available to any other group.  This includes
> bulletin boards or (if that is the custom) putting posters on walls.
>
> *Mergens* contains an explicit paragraph addressing the point.  The
> issue is controlled by a near-unanimous Supreme Court opinion.  And
> this time the Court clearly got it right!
>
> Michael Stokes Paulsen
> University of Minnesota Law School

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