CHRISTIAN STUDENT FALLS VICTIM TO PRO-HOMOSEXUAL “DIVERSITY WEEK”

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Betsy Hansen, who graduated from Pioneer High School in June with the highest honors, was censured for violating the public school pro-homosexual agenda. Taking up her cause, the Thomas More Law Center has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the student and her mother, who are practicing Roman Catholics.  School officials also prevented Betsy from expressing her view on homosexuality at a panel on “Homosexuality and Religion.” School officials claimed that Betsy’s religious view toward homosexuality was “negative” and would water-down the positive (meaning “tolerant”) religious message they wanted to convey—namely that Christianity and homosexual practices are compatible.  The Thomas More center’s lawsuit challenges the school’s actions, alleging officials violated Betsy’s constitutional rights to freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, and the equal protection of the law. Moreover, the lawsuit alleges that school officials violated the Establishment Clause by impermissibly promoting and endorsing the religious belief that homosexual activity is compatible with religion, by conveying the impermissible message of disapproval of the Roman Catholic belief that homosexual activity is immoral and sinful, and by coercing students to accept and support the religious belief that homosexual activity is not immoral or sinful.  To read Thomas More Law Center coverage see:  https://www.thomasmore.org/index.cfm?location=5&subsectionid=1&release=138&pageid=1