Here's a tricky one...
School district sued over evangelistic crusade
[Headline: "Every year, hundreds of Union County students take a field trip for the soul. Children are excused from class, loaded onto school buses with teachers and sent to a three-day Christian revival"]
Looks like a clear violation of the first amendment, right?
But [Union County officials say the system is neutral when it comes to religious activities, pointing out that the crusade is voluntary, teachers chaperone on their own time and school buses are operated by private contractors. "We do not endorse, promote or prohibit it," said school spokesman Wayne Goforth.]
On the other hand, [some] school children who don't want to attend get harassed by those who do choose to attend (source of the lawsuit).
[Fourteen-year-old India Tracy said she was harassed and attacked by classmates for nearly three years after she declined to attend Baptist Pastor Gary Beeler's annual crusade because of her family's pagan religion.
Her family has filed a federal lawsuit against Union County schools, claiming the crusade, prayers over the loudspeaker, a Christmas nativity play, a Bible handout and other proselytizing activities in the rural school system have become so pervasive they are a threat to safety and religious liberty.]
Apparently this will go to trial. What do you think will happen? Is the school acting within the letter of the law, but failing to support the intent of the law? Or is it being completely neutral, in mere coincidental association with the activities of a portion of its teacher/student population?