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04-30-2005, 06:10 PM
LAW OF THE LAND
'Declaration' lawsuit proceeds
Handout of Jefferson's document barred due to God reference
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Posted: April 30, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
A federal judge allowed a history teacher's lawsuit to proceed against school-district officials who barred him from providing supplemental handouts to students – including the Declaration of Independence – because the historical documents contain some references to God and religion.
Stephen Williams' claim against officials with the Cupertino Union School District in California was approved by Judge James Ware in San Jose, who wrote in his order "Williams has sufficiently alleged the deprivation of a constitutional right to Equal Protection of the law."
"The judge's ruling means the case will move ahead as we believed it would," said Kevin Theriot senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund (http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/). "We look forward to defending this case in court."
More on this Story (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44049)
'Declaration' lawsuit proceeds
Handout of Jefferson's document barred due to God reference
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Posted: April 30, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
A federal judge allowed a history teacher's lawsuit to proceed against school-district officials who barred him from providing supplemental handouts to students – including the Declaration of Independence – because the historical documents contain some references to God and religion.
Stephen Williams' claim against officials with the Cupertino Union School District in California was approved by Judge James Ware in San Jose, who wrote in his order "Williams has sufficiently alleged the deprivation of a constitutional right to Equal Protection of the law."
"The judge's ruling means the case will move ahead as we believed it would," said Kevin Theriot senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund (http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/). "We look forward to defending this case in court."
More on this Story (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44049)