Cert. Petition Filed In 9th Circuit Case on Use of Library Meeting Room

On Thursday, Alliance Defense Fund filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Faith Center Church Evangelistic Ministries v. Glover. (ADF press release.) The case involves the question of whether a Contra Costa County, California public library can make its meeting rooms available for "meetings, programs, or activities of educational, cultural or community interest", while excluding their use for "religious services". Last September, by a vote of 2-1 (with 3 different opinions being written), the 9th Circuit said that the library could exclude religious worship.