Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 13:40:30 GMT -5
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www.foxnews.com/faith-values/high-school-tennis-religious-liberty
Two high school tennis stars scored a religious liberty victory in Washington state after being kicked off the court for their faith.
The Chung siblings, Joseph, 15, and Joelle, 17, both Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant denomination that observes Sabbath on Saturday as recorded in the Bible, sued the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) earlier this month after Joelle was disqualified from her final state tennis postseason competition because she doesn't play on Saturdays.
The Chung family, represented by Becket, a religious liberty law firm, filed a motion to withdraw their federal suit on Tuesday after WIAA agreed to add religious observance to its reasons for missing games without being penalized.
Joe Davis, Becket counsel and attorney for the Chungs, told Fox News Friday "it's an important win for religious student-athletes in Washington and sets a favorable precedent nationwide."
"It’s common sense that Sabbath observers shouldn’t be excluded from any postseason sports competition at all just because of the hypothetical possibility of a schedule conflict somewhere down the line—and after the rule change, they won’t be."
The Chung siblings, Joseph, 15, and Joelle, 17, both Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant denomination that observes Sabbath on Saturday as recorded in the Bible, sued the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) earlier this month after Joelle was disqualified from her final state tennis postseason competition because she doesn't play on Saturdays.
The Chung family, represented by Becket, a religious liberty law firm, filed a motion to withdraw their federal suit on Tuesday after WIAA agreed to add religious observance to its reasons for missing games without being penalized.
Joe Davis, Becket counsel and attorney for the Chungs, told Fox News Friday "it's an important win for religious student-athletes in Washington and sets a favorable precedent nationwide."
"It’s common sense that Sabbath observers shouldn’t be excluded from any postseason sports competition at all just because of the hypothetical possibility of a schedule conflict somewhere down the line—and after the rule change, they won’t be."
www.foxnews.com/faith-values/high-school-tennis-religious-liberty
