<p>A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit that claims a northeast Georgia school district discriminated against a student gay rights club.</p><p>U.S. District Court Judge William O'Kelley took the case under advisement and indicated that he would issue a ruling before school starts in August.</p><p>The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf of White County High School graduate Kerry Pacer, president of P.R.I.D.E. _ or Peers Rising In Diversity Education.</p><p>The suit claims White County school officials violated the Federal Equal Access Act during the 2005-2006 school year by barring P.R.I.D.E. from meeting on campus, whole allowing other non-curricular clubs to do so.</p><p>Principal Brian Dorsey testified he decided no non-curricular clubs would meet on campus.</p><p>But ACLU attorneys presented morning bulletins as evidence that other clubs did meet and morning announcements about the meetings were made on the high school's public address system.</p><p>Pacer testified that she heard announcements about other non-curricular clubs on the school P.A. system during her senior year.</p><p>Controversy began in February 2005 when Pacer and her friends tried to form a Gay-Straight Alliance club for gay classmates and supportive students. The school board agreed to allow the students to start the club, but later school administrators recommended eliminating all non-curricular clubs at the school.</p><p>The club, which changed its name to Peers Rising in Diversity Education, continued to meet off school grounds.</p>
