Federal Court Rules For Gay Students In Button Case (Need a laugh? Read the principals reasons.)

[WillParkinson]

(Ponce De Leon, Florida) After a two-day trial in which a Florida high school principal testified that he believed clothing, buttons or stickers featuring rainbows would make students automatically picture gay people having sex, a federal judge today ruled that the school violated the First Amendment rights of students.

Heather Gillman, a 16-year-old junior at Ponce de Leon High School, sued the school with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union after she was told she could not wear buttons, stickers or clothing that supported LGBT civil rights.

After she received the warning the ACLU last November sent a letter to the school board’s attorney on behalf of Gillman, asking for clarification as to whether a variety of symbols and slogans, such as the rainbow flag or “I support my gay friends,” would be allowed at the school.


http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/05/051308school.htm

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Wow, that was fast

But then, there is more than ample precedent from the US Supreme Court in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District.

[SacredCow]

2. The principal....

"testified that he believed clothing, buttons or stickers featuring rainbows would make students automatically picture gay people having sex."

I think that says a LOT more about his dirty mind than anybody elses, no?

[Mabus]

3. I think you would be right

That was more than a little bizarre of a reaction.

[lightningandsnow]

4. Wow. That's freudian.

I guess they weren't allowed to eat bananas, either?