{"id":10269,"date":"2025-10-26T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/colorado-school-accused-of-preventing-student-from-decorating-personal-parking-space-with-bible-verse\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:02:06","slug":"colorado-school-accused-of-preventing-student-from-decorating-personal-parking-space-with-bible-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/colorado-school-accused-of-preventing-student-from-decorating-personal-parking-space-with-bible-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado school accused of preventing student from decorating personal parking space with Bible verse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A high school senior alleged this week that her Colorado Springs<\/a> high school violated the First Amendment by barring her from decorating a personalized parking space with Christian messages.<\/p>\n

On behalf of senior Sophia Shumaker, the legal group First Liberty Institute<\/a> filed a complaint with Rampart High School and Academy School District 20, accusing the school of viewpoint discrimination for denying her request to include a reference to Scripture on her parking space.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Academy School District 20 created a public forum, whether designated or limited, when it opened its parking lots as a space where seniors may engage in private speech during their senior year,” the complaint stated. “What students paint on their parking spaces in the district is, therefore, protected by the Free Speech Clause and Rampart High School may not restrict Ms. Shumaker\u2019s speech based on its religious viewpoint.”<\/p>\n

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As the complaint noted<\/a>, Rampart High School allows seniors to decorate their own personalized parking spaces for the year. However, it places certain restrictions on what can be included in the designs.<\/p>\n

Quoting the policy, the letter stated, “The guidelines prohibit messages that the district deems, \u2018offensive, negative, rude, gang-related, political, religious, or trademarked images.\u2019 The school\u2019s guidelines also state that if a student\u2019s first design is \u2018deemed unacceptable\u2019 by the school, the student only has \u2018one chance to change [the] design or forfeit [her] spot.\u2019”<\/p>\n

The letter claimed that in August, Shumaker “requested to paint her space with a shepherd on a hill, a staff and a sheep, along with a Bible verse<\/a>.” However, one of the teachers overseeing the parking lot initiative denied the request, citing school policy.<\/p>\n

Shumaker attempted to amend her design, asking if she could instead add “1 Cor 13:4” to a new design that “was otherwise not religious.” The teacher allegedly discouraged her, saying over text, “Yeah, no abbreviated verse. Not sure if it would get approved. Let me ask.”<\/p>\n

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First Liberty argued that the school\u2019s policy is inconsistent with the district\u2019s broader rules on religious messages, noting that other schools in Academy School District 20 allow them on parking spaces. The complaint said this inconsistency shows that such messages “are private speech, not government speech.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Therefore, the district cannot deny Ms. Shumaker\u2019s private, religious speech<\/a> without violating the First Amendment,” the complaint added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The legal group continued its analysis, saying that the “First Amendment\u2019s protections extend to students” \u2014 in this case, Shumaker and her right to freely exercise her religion \u2014 particularly since the district provided a public forum for students to engage in speech by allowing the parking spots.<\/p>\n

The letter concluded by demanding that the district reverse Rampart\u2019s denial of Shumaker\u2019s religious expression on her parking space and strike its “unconstitutional policy.”<\/p>\n

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When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, the District said, “Academy District 20 is aware of an attorney letter regarding a\u00a0Rampart\u00a0High School student parking spot design. We do not comment on potential legal matters or individual student situations but confirm that we are reviewing the information provided.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The statement continued: “Although Academy District 20 was not contacted by a family or student about this concern and did not receive the attorney\u2019s letter prior to Oct. 22, we can share that\u00a0Rampart\u00a0High School\u2019s senior parking-spot program is a school-sponsored activity with content guidelines and a staff approval process.”<\/p>\n

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