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Christian Post - Christian Youth Club Sues California School District Over Fees

November 21, 2012

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By Katherine Weber, Christian Post

A Christian youth club has filed a lawsuit against a California school district for demanding that the group pay fees to hold after school meetings on campus because officials felt the meetings were equivalent to religious services.

The American Center for Law and Justice recently filed the lawsuit against California's Buena Park School District on behalf of the Good News Club, a Christian club for youth, arguing that the school district violated the Constitution's First and 14th Amendments when it required the club to pay fees to use after-hours classroom space at Beatty Elementary School.

School officials reportedly required the club, which is affiliated with the Child Evangelism Fellowship, to more than $4,000 annually because they believed the organization was providing a religious service. . . .

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