Discrimination Policies

A federal court in Michigan dismissed a civil rights suit brought by parents of school-age children who, citing their Christian faith, claimed the Williamston Community School District Board’s policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identy and expression have a “chilling effect on their children’s freedom of speech and religion.”

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal court in Michigan dismissed a civil rights suit brought by parents of children who, citing their Christian faith, claimed the Williamston Community School District Board’s policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression have a “chilling effect on their children’s freedom of speech and religion.”

Categories / Civil Rights, Education, Religion

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