High School Graduation Held in Church

[AAsch at aol.com]

See also the ACLU Press release at:
 
_http://www.aclu-nj.org/pressroom/schoolviolatesreligiousfre.htm_ 
(http://www.aclu-nj.org/pressroom/schoolviolatesreligiousfre.htm) 
 
And the ACLU complaint at:
 
_http://www.aclu-nj.org/legal/legaldocket/shareefvnewarkpublicschool.htm_ 
(http://www.aclu-nj.org/legal/legaldocket/shareefvnewarkpublicschool.htm) 
 
Allen Asch
 
 
In a message dated 3/12/2007 8:04:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
Maule at law.villanova.edu writes:

From
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/08/church.graduation.suit.ap/index.html


School  district sued over graduation held in church

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP)  -- The state American Civil Liberties Union
chapter is suing the Newark  public school district on behalf of a Muslim
teen over a school's decision  to hold its graduation ceremonies in a
Baptist church.

The New  Jersey ACLU said Wednesday it was suing the district because
its decision  to hold graduation in the church prevented West Side High
School senior  Bilal Shareef from attending. Shareef's religious beliefs
forbid him from  entering a building with religious images, the civil
liberties group  said.

* * * * *

And the principal at the time told seniors they  would get two
additional graduation tickets for family and friends if they  attended a
separate Roman Catholic baccalaureate Mass, according to the  ACLU.

* * * * *

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