The Facts of Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches:
New York state law permits school districts to allow their buildings to be used outside school hours for social, civic, and recreational but not for religious purposes. The Center Moriches district, interpreting these regulations, denied permission for a local church group to show a film on Christian family values in a school building after school hours. The church and its pastor brought suit against the district in United States District Court, claiming their First Amendment right of free speech was being denied. The District Court agreed with the school district. The area was a limited public forum, the school district had not opened its facilities to organizations for similar religious purposes and therefore the denial was "viewpoint neutral." The US Court of Appeals affirmed the decision.


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