(Link) In hopes of keeping the queer kids in the closet, a Georgia high school attempted to ban all non-curricular clubs. "Not so fast," said the American Civil Liberties Union. "There's a little federal law called 'The Equal Access Act' we'd like to remind you about."
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From Washington Blade
ATLANTA—The ACLU of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit this week against the White County school system in north Georgia, alleging high school administrators violated the federal Equal Access Act last year by banning all non-curricular school clubs as a way to keep out a gay-straight alliance. Kerry Pacer, a 17-year-old lesbian who tried to launch a gay-straight alliance in her north Georgia high school, is one of several students now suing the school for blocking their efforts. The suit alleges the White County school system violated the federal Equal Access Act that guarantees when a school allows any non-curricular student group to form, it must then allow all such groups and must treat the groups equally. Peers Rising In Diverse Education (PRIDE), the gay-straight alliance, was founded at White County High School by Kerry Pacer and another teen. One day after filing of the suit, the Georgia Senate revived and passed a bill that would require parental approval for all non-academic clubs; a less stringent measure has already passed the House. The gay-straight alliance was founded at White County High School by Kerry Pacer and another teen. The lawsuit alleges the school district violated Pacer’s rights by suspending her for wearing an "I love lesbians"
T-shirt to school.
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