Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 16:32:37 -0400 From: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor) Subject: 'Straight Pride' Shirt Back in School To: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor)
With Court Ruling, Banned 'Straight Pride' Shirt Back in School
"Straight Pride" logo
Friday, May 18, 2001
ST PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota teenager told he couldn't wear a sweatshirt with the words "Straight Pride" on it because it was offensive to some students at a public high school, has won a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court against the school.
In issuing the injunction, the federal judge noted that there was "a strong likelihood" that the principal of Woodbury High School near St. Paul, Minn. violated 16-year-old Elliot Chambers' constitutional rights when he forbade him from wearing the shirt, which displayed cartoon images of a man and woman holding hands on the back and featured the trademarked "Straight Pride" logo on the front.
The court said there was insufficient evidence that, as the shool maintained, the presence of the shirt on campus would cause a substantial disruption of school activities. But the judge held open the possibility that the shirt could be banned in the future if the school can prove that it is a threat to order...
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