T-Shirts Banned at Schools
Utah State University Slogan “I’m Proud of My A” Gets Attention
Utah State University t-shirt was released with “Go Blue or Go Home” on the front and on the back “I’m Proud of My A” quickly became controversial. A stands for Aggies but administration felt the shirt might make some feel uncomfortable when at basketball or football games. In response to the concerns the t-shirt designer [...]
Kiss Our Class Goodbye T-Shirt Banned at School
Students created a t-shirt with the phrase “Kiss Our Class Goodbye” - 09 and if they wear the shirt to school they have been told that they will face punished. When administrators heard that students were going to wear them to school an email was sent to families that stated “…if students wear these shirts [...]
Number 69 T-Shirt Banned in Middle School
A middle school student in Massachussets was suspended for wearing a t-shirt with the number 69 on it.
Check out a video interview with the girl who was suspended from school.
Virginity Rocks T-Shirt Stirs Debate at School
The Rutherford Institute is charging schools in Albermale and Charlottesville City for violating students rights. Students wore pro-abstinence messages to school but told by authorities that they were not allowed to wear them and to turn them inside-out.
The questionable t-shirts had the phrase ‘virginity rocks’ in bold black letters right across the front. However, it [...]
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 [...]
Anti-Gay T-Shirt Banned in School District - Judge Rejected First Amendment Rights
A Poway Unified School District was pulled out of class for wearing a t-shirt with an anti-gay slogan. The student filed a lawsuit against the school in 2004 because the he believed it was his right to wear a t-shirt with a Bible verse condemning homosexuality. A federal judge recently rejected the claim.
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Gay? Fine By Me T-Shirt - Student gets apology
A student who wore a t-shirt that stated Gay? Fine by Me was sent home because of her t-shirt received an apology from the Spencer-Van Etten Central School District. It was later agreed that the t-shirt was a form of self-expression and that the student should be able to wear the shirt and the [...]
Lesbian T-Shirt Cover-up at School
A seventeen year old student wearing a t-shirt with two interlocked female symbols was folder to cover up her t-shirt. The school’s dress code prohibits “bawdy, salacious or sexually suggestive messages” but the ACLU claims that the students should be able to express themselves and this was a case of unconstitutional censorship. The [...]
