A group of students at Rio Linda High School in California exercised their first amendment rights by wearing t-shirts that condemned another student effort to highlight the struggles of homosexuals. One protestor’s t-shirt said “Sodomy is a sin” and had passages from the bible, while other students wrote “gay pride” on their bodies. However, only […]
Category: Censorship
Coverage of how the U.S. federal government, like so many goverments around the world, stifles your freedom to express yourself and to read and watch what you choose.
Students protest suspension caused by facebook comments
Students use local TV news to overturn jelly bracelet ban
Submitted to Libertarian Rock. (Send us your story!) (2004) Hello, I currently attend a public high school where the principal is trying to ban jelly bracelets. Other people like to call them “sex bracelets”. I and a lot of my other friends don’t follow the stupid “Snap” game, we just like to wear the bracelets […]
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Gun-rights T-shirt earns kid suspension
A west-suburban 6th grader was suspended from his middle school for wearing a T-Shirt bearing the logo of the Illinois State Rifle Association (the Illinois NRA affiliate). The teacher claimed that the state rifle association is a violent group and wearing the shirt violates the zero-tolerance policy of the school.