One would think that after the decision by the United States Supreme Court in June 2001  --  that religious clubs have equal footing in grade schools with other organizations  --  schools around the country would get a clue they cannot discriminate against organizations such as the Good News Clubs in America. 

But that is exactly what happened within just a few years of the Supreme Court's 2001 decision.  San Diego, the southern city in the left-wing state of California, dictated to the families in the community that after-school "Good News Clubs" would be charged fees to hold their meetings in the San Diego public schools unlike all other groups such as the ever-increasingly left-wing group, the Girl Scouts of America, the 4-H Clubs, the Boy Scouts, etc. 

Yet, "The New York Times" reported on June 12, 2001 regarding the top court's decision:  "The 6-to-3 decision extended to elementary school property the same constitutional principle the court has already applied to public high schools and colleges: that the expression of a religious viewpoint is speech, protected by the First Amendment against discrimination and entitled on a neutral basis to access to public facilities that are open to other speakers.  Letting the Good News Club, an evangelical Christian organization, use a room in an upstate New York school building on the same basis as other groups "would ensure neutrality, not threaten it," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority."

What is it about the law and the United States Constitution these California (and other) education "egg-heads" and their lawyers do not understand? 

Thankfully, a group begun by the late Rev. (Dr.) Jerry Falwell, helped the Child Evangelism Fellowship of San Diego with their lawsuit against the San Diego City School District to allow free access to the schools of San Diego for their after-school "Good News Clubs." 

A federal district judge has just ruled that the San Diego City School District cannot discriminate against the Child Evangelism Fellowship of San Diego and the "Good News Clubs" while, at the same time, letting other youth groups, etc. have free use of school facilities. 

Additionally, the federal judge ruled that the San Diego City School District must refund the fees that it charged to the Child Evangelism Fellowship and that Dr. Falwell's legal defense group is entitled to receive attorney's fees from the school district.  It seems that in this Age of Obama, Americans have won a victory for commonsense and for religious freedom.