The principal of a Boston-area public high school is standing firm in his school's decision to ban a female student from wearing a T-shirt that says, "All The Cool Girls Are Lesbians."
Lynn English High School principal Tom Strangie told FoxNews.com that the student was asked to cover up the shirt because it was deemed "disruptive" by school administrators – not because of the student’s sexual orientation.
The student, who has not been publicly identified, was asked by Assistant Principal Joseph O'Hanagan to cover up the shirt after a teacher observed her wearing it in the school’s cafeteria.
The girl complied, but later penned a letter to Lynn mayor and school committee chairman Judith Flanagan Kennedy, saying she felt her right to free speech had been violated, according to the The Item newspaper, which obtained a copy of it.
She reportedly claimed in the letter that she was told not to wear the shirt “Because it's political and offensive to some people."
"Well, frankly, I'm the one who feels offended," she wrote.
7 comments:
at least someone has some sense of right and wrong. that's a start.
Don't they allow gay marriages in mass? What's the problem?
She's got the right of free speech, and the right of ramifications that such speech brings. In other words, she may not make "miss Popularity" , but may not have much fun with the resulting mayhem of her statements.
Me? I think she"s a dog.
Anonymous said...
She's got the right of free speech, and the right of ramifications that such speech brings. In other words, she may not make "miss Popularity" , but may not have much fun with the resulting mayhem of her statements.
Me? I think she"s a dog.
March 14, 2012 9:42 PM
It's ok for her to wear that shirt, but if someone proud of their Southern heritage wore a t-shirt with a Confederate battle flag on it wouldn't be free speech?? Is that how you liberals operate?
Is that how you liberals operate?
March 14, 2012 10:39 PM
STOP with the labeling. Unless you don't want to be taken seriously. In that case, you succeeded.
Where are all of the free speech cries when a kid is sent home for a cross on their shirt?
freedom of speech applies to voters. the school made the mistake of trying to be PC when instead it should have rested on it's own authority to enforce proper attire. some schools do not allow clothing with slogans as a matter of their code of conduct.
it's a good civics lesson for her and its nice she took the initiative to write her local politician.
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