By Allie Martin
March 1, 2001

(AgapePress) - Oral arguments concluded yesterday at the Supreme Court in a case that legal experts say will decide whether public schools and other government agencies can deny religious groups the right to use their buildings to conduct programs and meetings.

The high court heard arguments in the case of The Good News Club v. Milford Central School. The case involves a Christian youth group that was banned from using a New York State public school after hours.

Jay Sekulow is chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice. He was inside the courtroom and believes the Supreme Court will rule in favor of the Christian youth group.

"All nine of the justices asked questions, and all nine of the justices expressed serious doubts as to the constitutionality of a policy that targets religious worship ... and all nine justices spoke out on the issue," Sekulow says.

Sekulow points out that it was a 1993 decision in the "Lamb's Chapel" case when the Supreme Court agreed that a school district in New York was wrong when it refused to allow a church to use its facilities after hours to show a Christian film.

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