School Revises Student Demonstration Rules In Settlement of Case

Thomas More Society announced yesterday that a settlement has been reached with Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio in Deddens v. Warren County Montgomery County Community College District, (SD OH, filed 7/6/2012), a lawsuit filed last year after college rules were invoked to bar signs at a student-organized Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally. (See prior posting.) The college has revised its policies to allow broader exercise of 1st Amendment rights.