Court Bars Churches from Worshiping in NYC Public Schools

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By Ric YoungWashington (VR)– Should religious groups worship in New York City rented public schools on Sundays? An appeals court ruled Thursday that they cannot.

Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, says "using a school regularly, taking it over as the permanent regular place of worship, is a constitutional problem, and we're pleased that the court has upheld the city's ban on that kind of activity in our schools."

It’s legal battle that spans two decades.

Host Ric Young talks with Radio VR New York correspondent Vasili Sushko about the ruling. It reversed a 2012 lower court decision that blocked the city from enforcing the ban.

Sushko says the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a friend of the court brief saying the previous ruling that allows school to be used for church activities violates the separation of church and state.
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