Banned T-Shirts
Law to stop Dead Soliders Names on Anti-War T-Shirts (SB 1014)
Arizona lawmakers voted 28-0 to make it against the law to use the names of deceased soldiers on products for sale. The popular anti-war t-shirts are now considered ‘unconstitutional’. This allows families to go to court to stop sales of the t-shirts and collect for any damages. The creator of the dead solider name [...]
Cindy Sheehan Arrested for Wearing Anti-War Tee-Shirt
Cindy Sheehan is perhaps the most controversial person to be banned because of a tee shirt. Cindy Sheehan was invited to the state of the union speech given by President Bush. A prestigious event by all accounts.She was invited by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey of California. When she arrived, she was dress conservatively, and was seated.
Congresswoman [...]
Frozen T-Shirt Contest Sign Banned?
A t-shirt sign used for advertising a contest has been “deemed inappropriate by borough council President Leo Pietkiewicz, especially with Heritage Day Festivities scheduled for today.” The t-shirt contest is sponsored by Heineken and scheduled for September 6, 2008.
The contest involves getting Heineken T-shirts wet, folding and freezing them. Eight people are picked from the [...]
Intifada NYC T-Shirt news
School Principal resigns after approving/making comments about a t-shirt. Debbie Almontaser resigned from Khalil Gibran International Academy (English/Arabic School) in Brooklyn. Almontaser was under pressure because of comments made to the New York Post about an “Intifada NYC” T-shirt that is sold by an activist group which shares an office with the [...]
Players suspended for derogatory acts t-shirt
Lee Trundle and Alan Tate were arrested for suspicion of public order offenses. Trundle and Tate were released on bail till the end of April when a hearing will be held. Under the public order, no person shall use offensive, threatening, and abusive or insulting language in public. Anyone found guilty of violating this act [...]
American Flag T-Shirts Banned in School
Recently, several students were suspended from Shaw Heights Middle School in Denver Colorado. They were suspended for wear tee shirts that depicted the American Flag. This is a violation of the schools dress code that was recently initiated.
One child, wearing a tee shirt DARE, (an anti drug program taught in every school in the country) [...]
Suspended for wearing a Slang T-Shirt
Snohomish High School suspended a teenager for wearing an inappropriate tee shirt to school. Justin Patrick wore a tee shirt to his school Snohos. He believed it to be a harmless tee shirt with the name of his video club group. School officials had something else to say about it. Justin Patrick was suspended from [...]
Grammar school child suspended for wrong color t-shirt
A Winston elementary school boy was suspended on the first day of school after wearing the wrong color tee shirt. At the end of the prior school year, notices were sent home and parents were advised of the new dress code that would be implement for the following school year. They were advised to buy [...]
T-Shirts with Allah on it seized and legal action taken against store owner
In Ras Al Khaimah, (one of the United Arab Emirates) Inspectors seized t-shirts at a sports shop that sells gym clothes with “Allah” printed on it. Residents had complained to the Department of Economic Development that t-shirts with Allah should not be worn by people when exercising. Shirts when at the gym are subject to [...]
School District Bans all T-Shirts starting January 2008
The Lebanon School District has plans for a new dress code in January that would ban t-shirts. In a 5-3 vote the school board voted to require students to wear collared shirts and t-shirts are BANNED. Insignia other than school logos are prohibited. What is interesting about this is that they go on to say [...]
