NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal district court magistrate judge has granted a motion filed by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys on behalf of four parents seeking to stop an ACLU lawsuit that would silence the expression of religious faith in Wilson County public schools.
“Christians are not second-class citizens and should not be treated as such,” said ADF Senior Counsel Nate Kellum. “But that’s exactly what the ACLU’s lawsuit seeks to do. They want to silence all forms of public religious expression even when it’s part of celebrating our nation’s rich and diverse religious history and heritage.”
The American Civil Liberties Union had filed a federal lawsuit against the Wilson County School System, complaining that the school’s celebration of religious holidays and the existence of a volunteer “Praying Parents” group violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution (
www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3959).
A copy of Thursday’s order from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, granting the motion to intervene filed by ADF attorneys in
Doe v. Wilson County School System can be read at
www.telladf.org/UserDocs/WilsonCountyOrder.pdf.
“As long as the ACLU continues its campaign of fear, intimidation, and disinformation against our First Liberty, religious freedom, ADF will defend the constitutional rights of those who come under attack,” said Kellum.
ADF is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.
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