ANti-Gay T-Shirt Case appealed to 9th Circuit
Topix Gay News Apr 02 08
Attorneys for a student who was punished by Poway High School officials for wearing an anti-gay T-shirt to school are asking a federal appeals court to declare unconstitutional a school policy against offensive speech under which the student was punished. ... In February a federal district judge ruled for a second time that Tyler Chase Harper's freedom of speech and free exercise of religion rights were not violated when administrators punished him for wearing the T-shirt during the 2004 Day of Silence observation at the high school.
How long before these folks sue for the right to wear white sheets to class?
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