According to CBN News, The National Air and Space Museum agreed to pay the settlement to a group of 12 plaintiffs, who are students of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School in Greenville, South Carolina, and their parents.

The students initially filed a lawsuit after visiting the museum during the March for Life rally on Jan. 20, 2023. At the time, they all wore beanies with the worries "Rosary PRO-LIFE" as they toured the Smithsonian.

The American Center for Law and Justice, which represented the plaintiffs, noted that "Museum staff mocked the students, called them expletives, and made comments that the museum was a 'neutral zone' where they could not express such statements."

An employee "ultimately forced the students to leave the museum… rubbing his hands together in glee as they exited the building."

At the same time, however, other museum visitors were wearing different varieties of hats without issue.

"It's absolutely outrageous, it's unconstitutional discrimination, and the ACLJ is fighting back," Jordan Sekulow, an attorney and executive director of the ACLJ, wrote at the time.

In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs accused the federal museum of violating their First and Fifth Amendment rights under U.S. Constitution as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

"This was a clear-cut First Amendment violation, not only of their freedom of speech but of religion as well. The federal government simply cannot ban speech with which it or its employees disagree," Sekulow said.

"Imagine this is your child being accosted, berated, and kicked out of a museum – that other children are allowed to attend – just because of their beliefs," he added.

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