Lambda Legal weighs in on Kearney case

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Lambda Legal weighs in on Kearney case
Advocacy group: Standard used to interpret claim is too restrictive

By Topher Sanders • Journal Staff • May 15, 2008

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS01/805150342/1002

The legal standard used by a state Division of Human Rights judge to interpret Amelia Kearney's racial discrimination claim against the Ithaca City School District is too restrictive and places the legal bar too high for students and parents who feel they've been discriminated against, Lambda Legal said in a brief filed with the division last week.

Lambda Legal, a legal advocacy organization focused on issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals, submitted its brief with the division on May 9 urging the division to adopt a less restrictive standard for discrimination cases involving students in schools.