A fifth grader from Washington State who wanted to start an interfaith prayer club at school because ‘she felt alone’ is speaking out after her request was denied.
Laura Toney, who is 11 and attends Creekside Elementary School in Sammamish, east of Seattle, had hoped to start the on-campus club to bring together students of different faith backgrounds to ‘serve their community’.
But her pitch to start such a club was rejected despite a Pride Club being approved only weeks earlier.
‘I wanted to start it because I felt kind of alone in the classroom and at school and so I realized I had some friends and I knew some other people that felt the same way and so I talked to them and I was just like you know what it would be a great idea to make a club where people could come together and do good in the community,’ Laura told Fox News.
The school is now being accused of violating the young student’s First Amendment’s religious freedom protections by denying her request.
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