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Michigan district sued after student was told he couldn't distribute religious flyers

Oct. 30, 2009
Boy wanted to hand out information about a Christian summer camp

From The Detroit News: The mother of an elementary school student in Michigan has sued the Holly Area school district after the son was barred from distributing religious fliers at Patterson Elementary School. The suit says Katharine Smith's son wanted to distribute fliers about a Christian youth summer camp. A school official reportedly told the boy that "anything that comes from a church cannot be distributed at all at school."

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