An Illinois school board recently reversed a committee's decision to ban a Gay-Straight Alliance from meeting on campus.
According to an American Civil Liberties Union press release, a Rockton, Ill., school board voted 5-2 on Wednesday, Sept. 19, allowing the Hononegah High School club to form after a months-long battle. The club was proposed by students in May, according to the organization, and the school's legal attorney had supposedly warned the committee that their decision went against the federal Equal Access Act.
In the press release, John Knight, director of the LGBT Project at the ACLU of Illinois said he was pleased with the board's decision. 'And we're so proud of the students from the GSA for standing up for their rights and demanding the equal treatment that the law requires,' he stated.
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