Suit was filed yesterday in a Virginia state trial court by parents of a number of school children challenging the Albemarle County School Board's "Anti-Racism Policy" and the curriculum developed to implement it. The complaint (full text) in C__I__v. Albemarle County School Board, (VA Cir. Ct., filed 12/22/2021) alleges violations of a number of provisions of the Virginia state Constitution. The allegations include a religious discrimination claim which reads in part:
302. Defendants’ curriculum discriminates on the basis of religion by teaching that Christianity is a “dominant” “identity” that has oppressed “subordinate” “identities” such as Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, other non-Christian religions, and atheism....
304. Defendants’ curriculum discriminates against Christians by identifying them as “dominant” and an “identity” for others to work against.
305. Defendants’ curriculum discriminates against other religions by identifying them as “subordinate.”
ADF issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
