Hudson woman sues school over right to distribute religious flyers

This fromthe Nashua Telegraph:

CONCORD – A woman claims the Hudson School District illegally prevented her from distributing vacation Bible school flyers to students.

Hudson resident Patricia Regan filed a federal suit Monday against the district and its superintendent, Randy Bell, citing civil rights violations under the First and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendments.

Regan, whose three children attended Nottingham West Elementary School this past school year, wanted to distribute pamphlets for a summer vacation Bible school affiliated with Calvary Bible Church, where she worships, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court.

But on June 13, a day after Regan delivered copies of the flyers to Nottingham school, Bell denied her the right to distribute them because of their religious content, the suit alleges.

Bell told Regan “that he had denied written materials from other church groups and organizations in the past, and that he was ‘not going to have anything to do with vacation Bible schools and that stuff.’”

The suit points to how the Hudson School District allows, under certain guidelines, for the distribution of flyers for other non-profit organizations...