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Source: Palm Beach Post , TCPalm FL anti-gay schools Okeechobee, Fla. -- A see-saw legal battle over a gay-straight club Okeechobee High School took another bounce Wednesday when a federal judge tossed out the lawsuit filed by a then-student at who said she was wrongfully denied the right to start a...

Source: Palm Beach Post , TCPalm FL anti-gay schools About two weeks after the ACLU said there were no longer any active members in the Gay-Straight Alliance group it represents, two new students have joined the club. The ACLU now plans to ask a judge to reinstate an order that Okeechobee High School...

Source: TCPalm Okeechobee High School no longer needs to allow the Gay-Straight Alliance to meet on campus while the club's lawsuit is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday. A judge originally ordered the high school to allow the club to meet while the case is pending. Recent court filings in the federal...

Source: Palm Beach Post , Miami Herald , TCPalm.com Attorneys for the Okeechobee County School Board want a judge to toss out a lawsuit brought by a former student, who said Okeechobee High School violated federal law by not allowing a Gay-Straight Alliance to meet on campus. Yasmin Gonzalez, the club's...