Elementary Students First Amendment Rights Violated

Can schools punish students for handing out invitations to a religious event? We first must discover whether the school is public or private. If the school is public then the school shouldn't be allowed to discipline students for sharing their religious beliefs. In the First Amendment of the United States Constitution it states Freedom of Religion. This means that we the people are free to practice whatever religion we would like. Also because of the Freedom of Speech clause we are also able to preach to whomever and whenever we want. 

In December 2010, a fifth grade girl at Barrett Elementary Center in Cresco, Pennsylvania went to school carrying flyers for a Christmas party at her church. Her flyers were confiscated by the school and she was punished for promoting her religious beliefs. The only problem with this is that by the school punishing the little girl, they are directly violating her First Amendment Rights. 

In March of 2011, Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit against Pocono Mountain School District on behalf of the student. They claimed that her First Amendment rights of free speech had been violated. The case just reached the Court of Appeals and is still under review. All I know is if I was the school board I would do nervous for the cases verdict. 

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