Teens Sue Evangelical School Over Lesbian Suspicions

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon05/12/123005schoolSuit.htm

Two 16-year-old girls who were expelled from a private Lutheran high school because they were suspected of being lesbians have sued the school for invasion of privacy and discrimination.

The lawsuit, filed in Riverside County Superior Court, seeks the girls' re-enrollment at the tiny California Lutheran High School, unspecified damages and an injunction barring the school from excluding gays and lesbians.

The suit could be a test case in the state on whether religious schools can deny enrollment to gays and lesbians, said Richard Ackerman, a lawyer who is president of Temecula's Pro-Family Center, which focuses on lawsuits dealing with conservative Christian values.

"There's no established law on this issue," said Ackerman, who's not involved in the current litigation. "It's very likely this will be a precedent-setting case."

[Ian David]

1. I think the key test should be, does the school accept taxpayer money

from vouchers or "faith-based initiative" funding.

My personal opinion is that religious institutions should be allowed to discriminate against anyone they want to, provided they don't receive one damn dime of taxpayer money.

In return, I would ask that they keep out of secular affairs such as "defining marriage."

I know that's too much to ask though.

So, I say let that school take its lumps.