Settlement Reached In Religious Expression Suit Against NC High School

Alliance Defense Fund announced last week that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Sampson County North Carolina Board of Education in a suit challenging a student's suspension for distributing materials outside of class as part of a nationwide "Day of Truth". The Day focuses on Christian beliefs that oppose homosexuality. In November, a North Carolina federal district court had issued a temporary injunction against Midway High School's policies on distribution of materials. (See prior posting.) In the settlement agreement, the school confirmed it had changed its policies in response to the temporary injunction and agreed to permit religious speech in the future. It also acknowledged that religious T-shirts are permitted at school and expunged the wrongful suspension from the record of student Benjamin Arthurs.