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A Washington state middle school is being accused of violating a 5th grader's First Amendment's religious freedom protections by denying her request to establish an on-campus interfaith prayer club.
An eleven-year-old girl's application to start a prayer group to bring together students of different faith backgrounds to 'serve their community' was rejected by Creekside Elementary School in Sammamish, Washington.
However, Creekside permits over a dozen other 'non-religious clubs' to meet including a Pride Club, which is a 'safe space' for educating students and staff on 'LGBTQIA+ history and people,' according to the school's website.
Principal Amy Allison also allows a Green Team, focused on making the school 'more sustainable,' Marimba Club, Chess Club and Student Council among other secular groups.
'Denying the formation of a religious student club while allowing other clubs violates the Constitution,' Kayla Toney, associate counsel at First Liberty Institute, told DailyMail.com.
The school district is also down the road from Bremerton, Washington, where Coach Joseph Kennedy won at the Supreme Court in 2022 over his unjust firing for leading on-field prayers with his high school football team.
Creekside Elementary allows a Pride Club, which is a 'safe space for students to build community' as well as to 'educate and raise student and staff awareness about LGBTQIA+ history and people,' according to the school's website
Bremerton High assistant football coach Joe Kennedy, front, walks off the field with his lawyer, right, Oct. 16, 2015, after praying at the 50-yard line following a football game in Bremerton, Washington
Joe Kennedy is surrounded by Centralia High School football players as they kneel and pray with him on the field after their game in 2015
Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
