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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) motion to dismiss America First Legal (AFL) and the Founding Freedoms Law Center’s (FFLC) lawsuit, brought with outside counsel Dunlap, Bennett, and Ludwig. The lawsuit challenges LCPS’s punishment of two boys who objected to a girl in the boys’ locker room, and the case will now move forward.
The Court rejected the Loudoun County School Board’s attempt to dismiss AFL’s case in its entirety. Instead, the Court ruled the lawsuit will proceed on nine of the plaintiffs’ twelve claims, including that LCPS violated the boys’ free speech rights, religious freedom, and protections against religious and sex discrimination, as well as Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.
“The Court’s decision is a clear rejection of Loudoun County’s efforts to evade accountability,” said Gene Hamilton, President of America First Legal. “No school district has the authority to punish students for expressing concerns about their privacy and their safety. The facts are clear, as is the law: ideology cannot override students’ rights.”
“Loudoun County Public School District is desperate to have this case dismissed because they wrongly targeted boys in their ideological battle rather than respecting their privacy rights. Today’s ruling advances the fundamental claims of our case,” said Victoria Cobb, President of the Founding Freedoms Law Center.
Learn more about this case here.
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