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Calif. Court Rules School Can Expel Lesbian Kids

Private body not ruled by discrimination laws

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2009 8:07 AM CST

(Newser) – A California court has ruled that a private school's expulsion of two girls for "conducting themselves in a manner consistent with being lesbians" was lawful, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court decided the religious school did not count as a business and... Read full story »

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