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Anti-Gay T-Shirt Causes Stir in Chicago High School

Discussion in 'Other News' started by firstcav, Mar 22, 2007.

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  1. Mar 22, 2007 #1
    firstcav

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    CHICAGO — Two suburban Chicago students filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming their high school violated one of the students' civil rights by not letting her wear an anti-gay T-shirt.

    Heidi Zamecnik, 17, of Naperville, and Alexander Nuxoll, 14, of Bollingbrook, are students at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville.

    In response to a National Day of Silence event in April 2006, Zamecnik wore a shirt to school that read "MY DAY OF SILENCE, STRAIGHT ALLIANCE" on the front and "BE HAPPY, NOT GAY" on the back, according to the suit filed Wednesday.

    On the Day of Silence, students can refrain from speaking as an effort to highlight discrimination against homosexuals.

    According to the suit, one school administrator ordered Zamecnik to remove the T-shirt and another official ordered her to cross out "NOT GAY" with a marker.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260388,00.html
     
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  3. Mar 22, 2007 #2
    PackRatTDI

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    It's been documented and upheld in other cases that the constitution does not apply when you are in a public school.

    This lawsuit is a non-starter.
     
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  4. Mar 22, 2007 #3
    The New Yorker

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    Enlighten me, how is the Constitution not applicable in Public school?
     
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  5. Mar 22, 2007 #4
    PackRatTDI

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    The administration is not required to respect students free speech rights and they are allowed to perform student searches without consent or warrant.
     
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  7. Mar 22, 2007 #5
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    Performing searches I'm OK with, but silencing our kids is a problem, that is how they learn (trial and error), they have idea's that we can't fathom yet, just as our parents did. I have several issue's with our kid's and teacher's, but denying the right for speech or freedom of thought is a bigger problem. I'm battling the politic pushing they are doing now...Daily... Just because we don't agree with what the child has on his person gives us no right as a American to take it off off him.
     
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  8. Mar 22, 2007 #6
    Cerberus101

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    wonder where i can get one of those , i'd get one...............
     
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  9. Mar 23, 2007 #7
    firstcav

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    Actually there have been several Supreme Court cases that have set a precedence on this issue, the right to free speech is protected in public schools. I think this girl has a good case. Especially considering the actions of the administrators, the part were they told her to cross out NOT GAY stands out to me. By telling her to cross it out, they weren't telling her the shirt broke school policy of obscenity, they implied her view was wrong and was not allowed to be known. They weren't attacking her shirt, they were attacking her point of view.

    The school opened themselves up to this issue by providing a platform for gay rights in their school, the same accommodation should be provided for the anti-gay students. This is part of the indoctrination of homosexuality in schools.
     
    firstcav, Mar 23, 2007
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  10. Mar 23, 2007 #8
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    Better question...

    Why are schools having days of activison for lifestyles deemed to be deviant in 99% of the world.

    I think the school opened themselves up for protest when they decided to have this day.


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  11. Mar 23, 2007 #9
    Gearjammin' Penguin

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    Firstcav has a good point. For the record, I'm absolutely in favor of equal rights for gays.

    I'm also in favor of free speech. No matter whether I agree with it or not, the student does have the right to express her viewpoint.

    Oh, and earthbrown--what do I care what 99% of the world thinks(even if that were true, and it isn't. Do some research somewhere other than Fox News)? It wasn't too long ago, chronologically speaking, that 99% of the world thought the Earth was flat. Just 'cause they all believed it, didn't make it so.
     
    Gearjammin' Penguin, Mar 23, 2007
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  12. Mar 23, 2007 #10
    Jarlaxle

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    I have to agree with Gearjammin Penguin here--I might (in fact, I do) think the opinion expressed here is moronic, but I support the right to exprss it.
     
    Jarlaxle, Mar 23, 2007
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