Posted on 06/11/2024 9:05:30 AM PDT by lowbridge
The local middle schooler who was barred from wearing an “only two genders” shirt to school has lost his federal appeals case, as his attorneys consider a Supreme Court appeal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in Boston has ruled against Middleboro student
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Liam, now in 8th grade, last year was banned by school officials from wearing a shirt to school that read, “There are only two genders.” The 7th grader then wore a shirt that stated, “There are censored genders,” and again, he was ordered to take off the shirt.
A U.S. district judge previously ruled in favor of the Middleboro school officials, and the appeals court over the weekend affirmed the district court’s ruling.
“This case is about much more than a t-shirt,” a lawyer for the Massachusetts Family Institute said in response to the appeals court ruling. “The court’s decision is not only a threat to the free speech rights of public school students across the country, but a threat to basic biological truths.”
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The Middleboro school district each year celebrates Pride month, hanging Pride flags and sending the message that there are “an unlimited number of genders,” one of Liam’s lawyers had argued in front of the appeals court.
In response to the school’s view, Liam wore the controversial shirt to Nichols Middle School last year.
School officials in response to the shirt told Liam to either take off the shirt or leave school for the day. Liam chose to miss the rest of his classes that day. When the Middleboro principal pulled Liam out of class and told him he had to take off his shirt, the principal said they had received complaints about the words on his shirt — and that the words might make some students feel unsafe.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in Boston ..........
No surprise there.................
He’d fail an English exam as there are three genders and two sexes.
Massachusetts is lost.
He should wear a shirt saying, “Islam is right about LGBTQs!”
Free speech is allowed only if it agrees with the narrative.
Specious argument. It only goes one way. What happens if any of us normal people feel "unsafe"? Nothing...
Touche! (heads explode)
Next shirt....”ownliay ootay endersjay”
next shirt after that....”O2G”
THANK YOU!
“...hanging Pride flags and sending the message that there are ‘an unlimited number of genders’”
The school said “...the words [on his shirt] might make some students feel unsafe”
What about the majority of students who don’t “feel safe” around homo flags and being forced to imbibe gender propaganda? Shouldn’t we be more concerned about THEM “feeling unsafe” around queers and perverts?
Why is this always a one-way street?
Kudos to the boy for pushing back hard against this crap.
We have to endure the left saying all manner of vile things about conservatives, Christians, ethics etc- with the left saying “If you don’t like what we say, it’s free speech so just ignore us because we have a right to say what we like”
BUT, when it comes to the left not liking something, they say we don”t have a right to our own opinions=- because it’s ‘hate speech’
This student was completely correct in what his t shirt was saying, but we are talking about 7th grade, which is actually Junior High School, not Middle School.
If I were the parent, I would be very careful having my son use his school day to make political statements of any kind, vs studying and passing the classes.
If he wants to take a stand, join some organization outside of school. First, get out of school, then go rebel during classroom hours.
LOL- that would; put the school between a rock and hard place- Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
A Boston Feral Appeals Court. Surely nobody thought those “judgey” gasbags believed that there are only to genders. Those maggots don’t take biology in school.
Makes about just as much sense.
What if Pride flags makes one feel unsafe? What about BLM T-shirts? What about Mao, Che Guevara, Marx or Lenin T-shirts?
’ I resent the double standards.
Yet boys using the girls bathroom is ok.
WTH?! Insanity! GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS!
Well, we have been tokd there are over 50 gender identities discovered so far. So to suggest there are only two sexes is an outrageous offensive concept.
,,,,,sarcasm,,,,,,
Having all school kids wear uniforms would eliminate this issue and several others.
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