District pays up for slamming student's rosary

Decision called 'compelling victory for the 1st Amendment'
November 04, 2010
By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

A school district in New York has agreed to a payment of nearly $25,000 for slamming a student's rosary by calling it "gang-related beads," according to the American Center for Law and Justice.

The organization had brought the dispute to officials at Oneida Middle School in Schenectady, N.Y., after they banned the rosary, classifying it as gang-connected.

The district earlier had changed its policy, but the case brought on behalf of student Raymond Hosier couldn't be resolved because of the issues of liability and damages.

The agreement for the payment of attorney's fees and other issues now can allow the case to conclude, officials said. the rest