Pennsylvania Good News Club Flyer Case Settled

On Tuesday, Alliance Defense Fund announced the settlement of a lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania school district's policies that have prevented the Good News Club from sending flyers home with students promoting after-school religious meetings. (See prior posting.) The Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in Child Evangelism Fellowship of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. School District of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, (ED PA, Jan. 27, 2009), says: "As a result of ... settlement discussions ... Defendants have agreed to treat Plaintiffs on an equal basis with all other community groups." Defendants also will pay Plaintiffs' attorney's fees.