Preach on, kids!
“School officials can only restrict student speech if it will ‘materially or substantially disrupt school discipline,’” advises Sekulow, who heads up the American Center for Law and Justice. The 1966 case of Burnside v. Byars declares that when a student ‘is in the cafeteria, or on the playing field, or on the campus during the authorized hours, he may express his opinions.’ “Thus,” says Sekulow, “students have the right to discuss religious beliefs, and even share religious materials, with their peers between classes, at lunch, and before and after school.”