Archive for April, 2008
Be Happy Not Gay T-Shirt Debate Continues
A federal appeals court listened to arguments today to determine whether or not a high school student will be allowed to wear the banned anti-gay t-shirt ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’. The decision will be made by a three-judge panel. The appears hearing was held because of a student who wore the shirt during the [...]
KKK T-Shirt Gets Student Arrested and Students Fear for Safety
A student at a middle school in Simpsonville was arrested and suspended for wearing a t-shirt that had a noose design and Ku Klux Clan reference. As a result the school increased security and some students stayed home from school Friday in fear of what might ensure between black and white students. Some of the [...]
Student Believes School Policy on Offensive T-shirts is Unconstitutional
Student Tyler Chase Harper was punished for wearing an anti-gay t-shirt to Poway High School back in 2004, His attorneys are not asking a federal appeals court to declair the school policy unconstitutional. The student believes that he has the right to wear t-shirts with offensive speech. To make matters more interesting Harper wore the [...]
