New York Federal Judge Says School Can’t Bar Student from Wearing a Pro-Life Shirt

Thomas More Law Center ^ | January 11, 2006

[andyk]

Well, there's a pleasant surprise!

[Huck]

When I was in high school, I had enough Skynyrd tee shirts so I could wear a different one every day of the week. You could say I was pretty heavily into Lynyrd Skynyrd. Most of those shirts had rebel flags, guns, and skulls on them. I would be so much more harassed than I already was if I had to go to school today. I doubt I'd have made it.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“Students at Fillmore were allowed to wear all manner of shirts, including rock band shirts depicting bloody skulls, and shirts promoting sex, yet this public school singled out our client to silence his peaceful pro-life message.”

Tell me that liberals aren't in charge of our schools.

[verity]

Slam dunk case.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

Whoo-hooo! My daughter has been wearing this shirt to school for a couple of years. had the opportunity as a junior in high school to tell a class mate why abortion is murder - from biological and Biblical grounds.

[Tzimisce]

Tzimisce here to remind everyone that the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights are for all of us: not just extreme left wing groups, not just communists and anarchists, not just Al Queda and other enemies of our state.

[Reaganesque]

FREEBIRD! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ;-)

[Zeppelin]

I wore my AC/DC, KISS, and Pantera (rebel flags, guns, and skulls just like your Skynyrd ones!) shirts all the time in high school, and that was from 98-02, so not too long ago. Nobody said anything. Nobody at my school cared. We had the coolest principal, but then again mine is not a very liberalized city.

[MineralMan]

Rightly so. Freedom of expression is freedom of expression. The kid has a perfect right to wear the shirt. The Wiccan kid can also wear a shirt that expresses that. That's the whole point of freedom of expression.

[Capt. Tom]

Judge Elfvin of the Western District of New York signed a permanent injunction ordering Fillmore Central High School located in Fillmore, New York to allow the student to wear his pro-life shirt to school.

IMHO students shouldn't be allowed to wear bumper sticker type clothing that distracts others from learning. Save it for after school. - tom

[Ostlandr]

Well said!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I would be so much more harassed than I already was if I had to go to school today. I doubt I'd have made it.

Just a thought, but you would probably have been less harrassed had you dressed like something other than a Skynyard deadhead.

Like maybe a normal human being.

[Zeppelin]

***FREEBIRD! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ;-)***

Hittin' the whiskey a bit early, are we? =P

I always feel like the whitest kid in the South when I'm in my wifebeater, cruisin' in my Camaro, top down, with Freebird at full blast.

A couple of years ago, I pulled up to a stoplight that way (but I had long hair at the time), and this mean-lookin' trucker pulled up next to me and gave me a nod of approval. LOL

[Zeppelin]

***IMHO students shouldn't be allowed to wear bumper sticker type clothing that distracts others from learning. Save it for after school. - tom***

Dammit, where's Joe McCarthy when you need him?!?!?

=P

[Syberyenta]

Two words: Dress Code.

You're welcome.

[Reaganesque]

Well, I don't drink but I did go to a high school (in MA of all places) that pretty much worshipped Skynyrd so....

[Termite_Commander]

Oh, well that's good to hear. There was the recent case about the student being allowed to wear a shirt which featured a picture of President Bush with the caption, "International Terrorist".

I expressed doubts that such a ruling would come down on our side. I was wrong.

[Capt. Tom]

Dammit, where's Joe McCarthy when you need him?!?!?

Last time I saw Joe was at a hearing where Sen. Stu Symington from Missouri was smacking him around. - Tom