{"id":148,"date":"2008-02-14T09:06:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T14:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=148"},"modified":"2008-02-14T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T14:06:15","slug":"the-bible-as-hate-speech-schools-as-anti-free-speech-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"The Bible as "Hate Speech", Schools as "Anti-Free Speech" Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"

I understand that schools should and do determine what’s appropriate to be said during school hours, but with all the other speech and such that they do allow, this prohibition<\/a> looks rather targeted.<\/p>\n

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A federal judge has rejected a claim that the Poway Unified School District violated a teenager’s First Amendment rights by pulling him out of class for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-gay slogan. <\/p>\n

Tuesday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge John Houston reaffirmed an earlier decision in which he found the school district’s policy on hate speech lawful. <\/p>\n

Tyler Harper sued the school in 2004 after the district said he could not wear a shirt printed with a Bible verse condemning homosexuality. His younger sister, Kelsie, was named as a plaintiff after he graduated. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Via Stop the ACLU<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I understand that schools should and do determine what’s appropriate to be said during school hours, but with all the other speech and such that they do allow, this prohibition looks rather targeted. A federal judge has rejected a claim that the Poway Unified School District violated a teenager’s First Amendment rights by pulling him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9,47,20,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-doug","category-homosexuality","category-judiciary","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t