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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:33 PM
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MatcomNews Update: Student Wins Right To Wear Anti-Bush T-Shirt At School
Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 01:34 PM by matcom
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LANSDALE, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania student is off the hook after the American Civil Liberties Union defended his right to wear a political T-shirt to school.

Chris Schiano's T-shirt said "International Terrorist" and had a picture of President Bush.

A security guard at his high school north of Philadelphia told him to take it off. He refused.

Schiano says he's well versed in the First Amendment. He says he "knew right off they had no legal footing to stand on."

The principal says after hearing from the ACLU, school officials realized that the shirt, while potentially offensive, didn't violate the school's dress code. It had no references to sex, drugs, ethnic intimidation or explicit language.

Schiano says he's now wearing the shirt to school and no one's given him a hard time.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/5526159/detail.html
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ucmike Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:43 PM
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1. i wonder if the security guard enforces all violations of the dress code
or just the ones that piss him off.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:44 PM
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2. Wonderful! Good for the kid.
Satyagraha, baby!
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GOPBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-13-05 01:55 PM
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3. Awesome!
Score one against the fascists.
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