Posted on 06/05/2015 8:37:59 AM PDT by Oliviaforever
At least two McKinney middle school students were sent home Wednesday, and several others were told to cover up shirts that had the words “Gay O.K.” on them.
The shirts were worn to show support for a Faubion Middle School seventh-grader who recently told people he is gay and, as a result, was bullied by schoolmates.
“Being gay is OK. And it is OK to be open about it,” said classmate Anna Thompson, who was one of at least 15 Faubion Middle School students who wore the shirts to school.
Thompson said an administrator approached her about her shirt almost as soon as she walked in the door Wednesday morning.
He “came up to me and said that he doesn’t believe this message is school-appropriate,” she said.
Other students said they did not encounter any resistance to their shirts until lunchtime.
“We were doing perfectly fine until lunch,” said Sammy Heiman, a seventh-grader who designed the shirts. “And then … [the administration] called us all out, all the people wearing them, called us out of the cafeteria. And people started getting rowdy because they knew what was going on. They were making us take off the shirts.”
Videos posted online Wednesday on Twitter showed a cafeteria full of students chanting “Gay OK” after some students were removed from the room.
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Another 1st amendment lesson, taught by our state run schools.
Being gay is what someone does, it isn’t who they are.
The shirts were disruptive and kids were getting “rowdy”.
School officials acted appropriately.
And there’s no reason to advertise it.
The enablers of the 2% are at it again...
So sorry that your political rally in the middle school was disrupted.
Probably classmates who wore "Gay is not O.K." shirts.
They should have written it backwards... (in cursive :)
A 7th grader is 12 or 13 years old. Any sexual activity with or by him is illegal. The first question he should be asked is, “Who is sexually abusing you?”
Ask Anna Thompson what she thinks about sodomy and spreading AIDS.
“Another 1st amendment lesson, taught by our state run schools.”
School children do not have the right to wear offensive tee shirts and start chanting “Gay is OK” in the lunchroom.
You go to school to learn, not make statements.
“chanting “Gay OK” after some students were removed “
At no point does the article say that this all started when the jack booted thugs came to break up a protest in the lunchroom. The protest seems to have started due to the 1st amendment infringement. And no “Gay OK” is not offensive, it is pretty much the definition of protected political speech.
Would they be OK with shirts that say “Straight is Great” because if you let one you have to let the other. The Federal courts have already held that schools have a right to reject any clothing that could disrupt school activities and the school has broad latitude in determining what is disruptive. Heck, they are even allowed to ban the American flag on clothing.
Call in the National Guard. We’re even losing control at the middle schools now.
I imagine the leftists aren’t terribly happy when the tables are turned against them.
A school is a tax supported institution. If they want to make a political statement, they can do it on their own dime. Would a Muslim calling for beheadings on his tee shirt be protected speech?
If a seventh grader is getting anal sex from another male, something’s wrong...
Oh wait, he just SAYS he wants anal sex from another male.
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