Religion

Bronx cheer

New York City schools cannot bar religious groups from renting space to hold worship services, a federal judge ruled last month. Judge Loretta A. Preska said the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2001 decision in the Good News club case, which barred discrimination against users of public-school space on the basis of speech content, had "changed the law." She reversed an earlier ruling and opened the way for the Bronx Household of Faith to rent space for services at a middle school near Yankee Stadium. The Bronx church has been meeting in homes for 30 years and has sought unsuccessfully since 1994 to rent school space. The school board routinely rents space to many community groups but bans religious groups and religious meetings. School officials said they may appeal. —Edward Plowman

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July 20, 2002, Vol. 17, No. 27

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