There is a saying in sports that says ‘A win is a win’. I’m personally involved in Children’s ministry, and I think the world of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) as an organization. Top notch people. Today, I expect this is what they are saying. After a 5 year battle, they have finally scored a win for religious speech. You can see the details here.

The school would allow non-profit organizations to distribute flyers for the students to take home. However, when CEF tried, they were denied. Apparently, the school thought they could selectively decide who gets to distribute flyers without defined criteria. Finally, the courts agree that the school can’t just pick and choose.

Somehow, I don’t think this is over. Read between the lines.

"They misinterpreted how the policy was intended to operate," said Judith Bresler, the school system's attorney. "I guess we were not clear enough when we articulated it. [The ruling] is a misinterpretation of the way we meant the policy to operate."

The policy was intended to allow speech they support, and disallow speech in which they disagree.

School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast said the school system will review the guidelines in light of the decision but added, "I continue to believe that the volume of material, unrelated to school, delivered home through the time and energy of our staff and students must be limited."

In other words, they have not taken the judges ruling to heart. They law says that if you allow one to use the program, you have to allow all. This guy thinks he can just re-write the policy in greater detail so that they can still pick and choose. There is no way he will allow CEF to use the program. Perhaps the new policy will say “except CEF or anyone like them”