[EnigmaticAnomaly]

Wow...if it had been a Pro-Abortion (Yes, ABORTION, not Choice) it would have been allowed and probably encouraged...

Moral degradation...

[Puddleglum]

I am waiting for the chorus from other threads to line up and say "He must obey the school board. Learning to repect authority is the paramount issue in this matter."

[sassbox]

absolutely. I have no problem with a school prohibiting shirts with provacative messages on them, since it can be a distraction. Heck, schools can even prohibit shirts with any writing on them at all. But these rules have to be enforced equally. Does this school allow kids to wear pro-abortion shirts? what about "straight but not narrow" shirts that are so in vogue right now? My hunch is that if this young man had worn the latter, this would not be an issue at all.

[Jokelahoma]

Two words -- School uniforms.

The spate of suits and countersuits in various locales should be proof that while kids have little trouble understanding a simple concept like "freedom of speech", they do not understand (and are most certainly not being taught) that with those freedoms come responsibility, including the responsibility to "hold your tongue" when it is appropriate.

Sigh... this is what the leftists have wrought -- all rights, no responsbility, all the time.

[Calpernia]

ping

[Luna]

Sheesh. What kids need are T-shirts that say stuff like:

I Have No Opinion On Anything Whatsoever

I'm sure any school higher-up would be okay with that. We can't have kids running amok at school with clothes that bear a message. Especially really offensive messages like the one this kid was sporting.

Turning off the sarcasm button now.

[Always Right]

Holding my breath, waiting for the ACLU to jump on board....

[EdReform]

Ping

[Jaysun]

I'm glad he's standing up for what's right, but I wish we didn't have to go to the damned courts every 5 minutes. Lawsuit mania is going to be the death of us if we're not careful.

[stuartcr]

I really doubt that a pro-abortion t-shirt would be allowed or encouraged.

[lastchance]

The T shirt is probably the one on Rock for Life's website. A prolife ministry for teens and young adults. You can order stuff from them.

[TomasUSMC]

As a certain lady said, " Gee those I love partial birth abortion t-shirts just aren't selling?"

[peacethroughstrength]

I wonder if the ACLU is going to swoop in and defend this boy's freedom of speech like they have for the "I Love My Vagina" shirts that the high school girl in Minneapolis (or "Moscow on the Mississippi") has been defending..

[Born Conservative]

[O Neill]

I regret that I have but one shirt to give for my Country!

-Abbie Hoffmann, after being ordered to remove his US Flag-motif T-shirt during an appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, circa 1969

[Coleus]

National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day is Coming (Tuesday, April 26, 2005

[festus]

Abortion is offensive but its taught in the "sex ed" class I'd bet on it.

Next time I want to see him wear a picture of an abortion on his chest.

I've done that on the streetcorner and can tell you it was the most fulfilling time of my life.

[TheForceOfOne]

Prohibiting Pro-Life Shirt?

Isn't that discrimination? Bias? Bigotry?

How can the left do this with straight face, someone tell the emperor he has no clothes!

This is the exact reason I am against Affirmative Action. It is not that I don't want the minorities to succeed, I just don't want it to happen at someone else's expense.

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[farmfriend]

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[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

Then there's the incident mentioned last week by O'Reilly on Fox.

Again the free speech issue comes up vs. 'distraction.'

Two girls were going to be suspended from high school for wearing t-shirts that said, "I (heart=Love) My Vagina." There idea apparently came from the Vagina Monologues presented on campuses in the past.

They proclamed their right to free speech.

Makes me wonder if two guys wore "I Love Your Vagina" t-shirts. Then along comes a female offended by it. How far do you think the free speech argument would be tolerated by the PC clowns?.