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Egg Harbor Twp. -- A civil liberties organization will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of a New Jersey student who was prohibited by his public school district from distributing pencils and candy canes with religious messages.
Attorneys for the Charlottesville, Va.-based Rutherford Institute argue that Daniel Walz, at the time a 5-year-old pre-kindergarten student in the Egg Harbor Township schools, was a victim of religious discrimination in 1998 when school officials prevented him from giving the items to classmates at holiday parties.
In a ruling issued in August, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's finding that school officials acted properly and did not discriminate against Daniel.
The pencils in question read "Jesus loves little children" and the candy canes came with cards explaining that their "J" shape was in honor of Jesus Christ and that the red stripes represented his blood.
The items were confiscated when the boy tried to distribute them at holiday parties at the H. Russell Swift School.
The high court does not rule on most cases it is asked to consider.
Attorneys for the Charlottesville, Va.-based Rutherford Institute argue that Daniel Walz, at the time a 5-year-old pre-kindergarten student in the Egg Harbor Township schools, was a victim of religious discrimination in 1998 when school officials prevented him from giving the items to classmates at holiday parties.
In a ruling issued in August, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's finding that school officials acted properly and did not discriminate against Daniel.
The pencils in question read "Jesus loves little children" and the candy canes came with cards explaining that their "J" shape was in honor of Jesus Christ and that the red stripes represented his blood.
The items were confiscated when the boy tried to distribute them at holiday parties at the H. Russell Swift School.
The high court does not rule on most cases it is asked to consider.
