High School Blocks Student from Forming Club Deemed 'too Christian'

In blatant disregard for the 1ST Amendment and SCOTUS opinions, a New York high school is denying a 14-year-old student from forming a student club at her school because it is "religious."

Odd. I had it on good authority that when SCOTUS handed down its Obergefell  opinion, Leftists cheered it as the 'Law of the Land. Court has ruled. LAW of the LAND!!' And any who object to a SCOTUS opinion are lawless hateful bigots, etc. Apparently, that zealotry only applies to the Left's cause du jour, and not to causes the Left seeks to persecute.

Caleb Parke at Fox News:

"Ketcham High School freshman Daniela Barca has repeatedly requested to form a religious club at her school, whose repeated rejection of the student's requests constitutes a "purposeful violation of the Equal Access Act of 1984," according to the religious freedom law firm that sent a letter to the school Wednesday.

Keisha Russell, a First Liberty Institute lawyer representing Barca, said the school officials "engaged in purposeful, intentional religious discrimination against Daniela for months. We hope this school district ends its clearly unlawful behavior and protects the religious liberty of every student in all its schools.”

The unlawful behavior is called 'viewpoint discrimination.' SCOTUS and lower courts have ruled time and time and time again that this is verboten! by any government institution. Yet, the Leftist bigots persistently engage in this discrimination across the nation in many school districts - until threatened with legal action.

My own son experienced similar view point discrimination when he was in high school ten years ago. He applied to have an after hours Bible study group in the common area at school. Other groups were allowed, even encouraged, but an ignorant administration official refused to sign off on my son's study group, erroneously citing 'separation of church /state' as to his reason. I contacted the ACLJ, and they were kind enough to remind the ignorant administration official about Rubin v. City of Santa Monica(1993), and Rosenberger v. Rectors(1995). Those SCOTUS opinions explicitly prohibit viewpoint discrimination by government institutions. My son's club was allowed.

Odd, how Leftists conveniently 'forget' those SCOTUS opinions, yet they can cited chapter and verse about the meaning and ramifications of a case like Obergefell without even hesitating.

Back to this young Christian girl in New York:

"Barca and her father appealed to the assistant principal, who suggested the club could not be recognized  “to gather and talk about spreading the hope of Jesus” unless it modified its viewpoint to something more “generic” and “couldn't limit it to the Christian Faith.”

Throughout the process, Barca and her father presented several district officials with the Equal Access Act, but the officials ignored the law and still denied her request, despite her petition that the school was violating her right to Equal Access."

What horse crap. The Great Commission of Christianity is spreading the hope of Jesus! Yet,  note the casual relativism burped up for refusal to allow the group: 'more generic; couldn't limit it to the Christian Faith, etc.', as if his secular moral relativism gets to define others heart-felt religious Faith and practices. This type of patronizing trickled down from the so-called higher education mantra of 'inclusivity;' threatening Christian groups to allow non-Christians in leadership or that Christian group would be excluded from campus. Because that's inclusivity.

Thankfully, the law is on the side of this young Christian girl in New York, and she will get to form a religious club at her school. Why? Court has ruled. LAW of the LAND!!

"The Wappingers Central School District did not immediately respond to a Fox News request for comment."