A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Missouri in Columbia can participate in the school’s Homecoming parade next weekend, after a federal judge ruled the university cannot exclude the group because of its viewpoints.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough granted a preliminary injunction Friday that bars the university from excluding the Mizzou Students Justice for Palestine group from the annual parade.

Bough also found that University of Missouri System President Mun Choi violated the group’s First Amendment rights, ruling there is a “fair chance” Choi excluded MSJP “for its viewpoint on Palestine and Israel.”

This will be the student group’s first appearance in the event, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27. Choi also barred the group from last year’s parade.

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