SEPARATION OF HINDUISM FROM OUR SCHOOLS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION


SEPARATION OF HINDUISM FROM OUR SCHOOLS, an unincorporated association; CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR
URBAN BELIEVERS, an unincorporated association; AMONTAE WILLIAMS, individually and as a representative for all similarly situated persons; DASIA SKINNER, individually and as a
representative for all similarly situated persons; and DARRYL WILLIAMS, individually and as a representative for all similarly situated persons,


Plaintiffs,

vs.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
City of Chicago School District #299; THE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION; and the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO,

Defendants.

Case No. 20 C 4540

Via TM-Free Blog


The David Lynch Foundation and the University of Chicago have been reinstated as defendants in the Federal case seeking damages for the attempt to offer the Transcendental Meditation program in Chicago public schools.

The court ruled that the student who was involved in the so-called "Quiet Time" program, and who witnessed the TM initiation 'puja' in a public school building, has standing to bring a complaint against all three defendants, the DLF, the U of Chicago, and the Board of Education.


This ruling confirms that the student may make claims against all three defendants under the Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act (IRFRA).
Today's opinion and order from District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, at the link.
https://t.co/GQ3zBkkdUp