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Conn. graduation appeal won't be heard beforehand - Boston.com

Conn. graduation appeal won't be heard beforehand - Boston.com

Conn. graduation appeal won't be heard beforehand


June 14, 2010
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HARTFORD, Connn.—The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided not to immediately hear the case of a Connecticut school district that wants to hold high school graduations inside a megachurch.
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In denying the town of Enfield's request, the court noted that the Board of Education had already decided to hold the 2010 graduations on school grounds even if they won the appeal.
The town wanted the court to overturn the temporary injunction issued by U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall, who found that holding the June 23 and 24 graduations at the 3,000-seat First Cathedral Baptist Church would amount to an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.
Judge Hall is expected to hear the full lawsuit before next year's graduation plans are set.



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