The Trickle Down Theory

In this case, the trickle-down theory is that hate is passed down from our leaders. When schools go after after-school programs, the courts in the past have had their say, or, in this case, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

This is from a right-wing legal group, Alliance Defending Freedom...

Good News Club v. Milford Central School District

The school district had a policy governing the use of its facilities that stated “School premises shall not be used by any individual or organization for religious purposes.” Based on this policy, the school district denied the Good News Club, an after-school Bible club for students, from using space in the school after hours for weekly meetings, claiming that granting access would unconstitutionally permit religious worship and instruction in a public facility. Good News Club filed a lawsuit challenging the validity of the policy.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that allowing the Good News Club to meet in the school after hours on the same basis as other community groups does not violate the Establishment Clause and a refusal to allow the group to meet on the basis of the religious content was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. The school’s policy was struck down.

Okay now consider this...

Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club — until conservative backlash hit

A King George Middle School eighth-grader is asking a federal judge to intervene immediately after records show the district rewrote its policy to deny the GSA's existence.

The Advocate

Christopher Wiggins

Aug 18, 2026

The new school year in King George County, Virginia, was one day old when a 13-year-old student asked a federal judge to order their middle school to allow an LGBTQ+ student organization to meet immediately.

The student, identified in court records as Z.J.W., is beginning eighth grade — their final year at King George Middle School. They spent much of the previous school year trying to form a Gay-Straight Alliance, only to watch administrators halt it after public opposition and the school board rewrite its policy governing student organizations.

Now keep the Good News Club's ruling in mind,

They call the district’s actions “textbook viewpoint discrimination” that violates the First Amendment and the federal Equal Access Act, which requires covered public schools that allow at least one noncurricular student organization to provide other groups with equal access, regardless of the content of their speech.

You see, when the conservatives found out about it, all hell broke loose.

In an August 26, 2025, exchange with the school’s Robotics sponsor, Boe wrote that the proposed organization was “an LGBTQ GSA Club,” requested by a student, and that “Casey [Nice] has already approved it.”

You have to wonder, did the school district seek legal advice before they closed the GSA?

Go Magazine reported,

“I’m not interested in the culture wars fueling the King George County School Board’s decision – I’m interested in what’s best for my child,” said plaintiff and parent of A.A.P., Susan Park. “And what’s best for my child is to feel valued and supported at school by participating in a club that follows every rule set out for it. I would expect the school board to be just as interested in that as I am.”

Let's see how far this case goes up the court ladder: will it make it to the Supreme Court, and will they overturn their previous ruling?