High School Sued Over Refusal To Recognize Student Religious Clubs

A lawsuit was filed in federal district court in New York on Monday challenging a school district's refusal to recognize a Christian student religious club. The complaint (full text) in Frontline Club v. Board of Education of the Hicksville Union Free School District, (ED NY, filed 5/2/2011), alleges that plaintiffs' 1st and 14th Amendment rights, as well as their rights under the federal Equal Access Act, were violated when the Hicksville High School principal refused to recognize religious clubs on the ground that it would be too expensive to provide an advisor to numerous religious groups that might wish to form. Alliance Defense Fund issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.