Oakland Schools Must Allow Christian After-School Clubs: Judge

‘This is a great victory,’ Mat Staver, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, said in a statement.

Oakland Unified School District was deemed to have violated the free speech rights of Child Evangelism Fellowship and its Good News Club, according to a U.S. District Judge. Ekaterina Bolovtsova/Pexels

Public schools in Oakland, California, discriminated against a Christian group seeking to hold after-school meetings, according to a new ruling.

The facts in the case show the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) violated the free speech rights of Child Evangelism Fellowship and its Good News Club, U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. said in the Aug. 15 decision.