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Tomorrow, Mat Staver will be in Federal Appeals Court in Cincinnati, arguing CEF v. Cleveland Metropolitan School District on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ohio (CEF) regarding the ministry’s Good New Club. The religious, after-school club is seeking equal access to school facilities after the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Miles@Cranwood Elementary School Principal Chantelle Lewis began charging the club a discriminatory access fee. The school selectively waives fees for some groups.

The School District thinks it can deny CEF the same benefit freely bestowed upon similar non-religious groups, even though CEF’s program is constitutionally indistinguishable from the Scouts. Good News Clubs are one of the most positive things to happen to public schools. Children are taught character, moral development, and respect. Imposing a financial barrier based on the religious viewpoint violates the right to free speech and hurts children. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District cannot require CEF to pay fees to use the same public facilities, at the same time and for the same activities, as nonreligious groups which are granted free access.

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