Duval County school district officials have yet to respond to the threat of a lawsuit after it withdrew student graduation ceremonies from being staged at local churches.

“The school district will not win this case based upon the current law,” said Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver. “We have given them a timeframe and they are not responding.

Liberty Counsel, a tax-exempt law firm that engages in litigation related to the free expression of Christianity, sent a demand letter to the Jacksonville school district about its policy that forced Chets Creek Elementary School, Hendricks Avenue Elementary School and Holiday Hill Elementary School to abruptly cancel their school graduations at Chets Creek Church, Southside United Methodist Church and Holiday Hill Church this year.

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