Court upholds ruling tossing suit targeting LGBT protections

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a decision dismissing a lawsuit aimed at overturning protections for gay and transgender students at a northern Virginia school district.

The lawsuit was filed after the Fairfax County School Board voted to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to its non-discrimination policy. Andrea Lafferty, president of the Traditional Values Coalition, and a student argued in their complaint that the policy is unlawful because such protections aren't included in state law.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that said Lafferty and the student lacked standing to bring the lawsuit. The justices wrote that the student's "general distress" over the non-discrimination policy isn't enough to allow him to bring a lawsuit against the school.

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