To Help In Deciding, Judge Visits Church Where Graduation Is Scheduled

In Bridgeport, Connecticut, federal district judge Janet Hall is hearing the lawsuit against the Enfield (CT) Public Schools brought by the ACLU and Americans United. The suit challenges Enfield's plans to hold this year's graduation ceremonies for two high schools in First Cathedral Church in Bloomfield (CT). (See prior posting.) Yesterday's Hartford Courant reported that Judge Hall, after hearing the last witnesses, took a tour of the Church, taking notes as she walked through. She was accompanied by court staff, lawyers for both sides, and two newspaper reporters. Much of the case apparently turns on the feasibility of the Church's removing or covering all the religious symbols.