Ohio School District Will Not Defend Its Win Before 6th Circuit

The Toledo Blade yesterday reported that the Rossford, Ohio Board of Education has voted, 3-2, not to spend the money that it will cost defend its victory in a church-state case. At the end of July, an Ohio federal district court rejected claims of a Christian rock band that it had been discriminated against when its planned concert at Rossford (Ohio) High School was cancelled out of concern that it might violate the Establishment Clause. (See prior posting.) The band appealed, represented by the Rutherford Institute. The Rossford board will enter settlement discussions with the band.