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'If we had to approve your cross, we'd have to approve a satanic symbol'
A student at a public high school in New York is taking legal action after school administrators allegedly denied designs for her personal senior parking space because they featured Bible verses and other religious imagery, claiming it would necessitate allowing satanic imagery on other students' parking spaces.
Attorneys for Sabrina Steffens, a senior at Grand Island Senior High School near Buffalo, sent a demand letter on First Amendment grounds earlier this week, urging the school district to reverse its denial of her designs, according to a copy of the letter provided to The Christian Post by the First Liberty Institute.
The superintendent told CP in a statement that the Grand Island Central School District is reviewing the demand letter, but noted they have since paused the Aug. 14 deadline on the parking space designs as they discern their next steps.
Students pay a $50 fee and use their own supplies to create designs for their designated parking spaces, which must be approved by school staff, according to the letter.
Of the three designs Steffans submitted, two were reportedly rejected because of their overtly Christian content and Scripture quotations, which included a verse in which Jesus made an exclusive claim regarding Himself and salvation.
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A student at a public high school in New York is taking legal action after school administrators allegedly denied designs for her personal senior parking space because they featured Bible verses and other religious imagery, claiming it would necessitate allowing satanic imagery on other students' parking spaces.
Attorneys for Sabrina Steffens, a senior at Grand Island Senior High School near Buffalo, sent a demand letter on First Amendment grounds earlier this week, urging the school district to reverse its denial of her designs, according to a copy of the letter provided to The Christian Post by the First Liberty Institute.
The superintendent told CP in a statement that the Grand Island Central School District is reviewing the demand letter, but noted they have since paused the Aug. 14 deadline on the parking space designs as they discern their next steps.
Students pay a $50 fee and use their own supplies to create designs for their designated parking spaces, which must be approved by school staff, according to the letter.
Of the three designs Steffans submitted, two were reportedly rejected because of their overtly Christian content and Scripture quotations, which included a verse in which Jesus made an exclusive claim regarding Himself and salvation.
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NY student threatens to sue school over rejected Bible verse parking space designs
A student at a public high school in New York is taking legal action after her principal allegedly denied designs for her senior parking space that featured Bible verses and other religious imagery
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