There was a thread on this yesterday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026064/posts
I’ll repeat what I said then:
I’m always torn about issues like this. In a public space, they have the right to do this. On private property, they have the right to ban it. Since it’s a public school, I guess that’s public space in a way, but it’s also owned by the school district, so its arguable that they have the right to make rules like this. High schools are tricky like that; freedom of speech has to be balanced with not allowing kids to be disruptive.
Can't allow potentially disruptive behavior in school for the same reasons it isn't allowed in prison. You do the math.
The school indeed has the power to ban it, but to prevent the kids from walking at graduation is a vindictive and petty move by the principal.
I’ve always believed that a substantial portion of people who go into school administration do so to get back at the mean kids they went to school with.
Not when Children are forced by truency laws (and their parents forced to pay) for “public facilities” including public schools, and the so called education which goes with them: the students 1st Amendment rights take precedent to some bureaucrats notion of what is correct or not. Bottom line unless these students were threating the life or propert of another student or adminstrator (teacher) then they had the perfect right to have the Confederate Battle flag on any school property (as long as the flag wasn’t endorsed by a teacher or school activity)!
Good points...as long as they are consistent. I don’t think they would be so quick to suspend kids who flew other similar symbols.