By John Mack Freeman
The ACLU has sued the Giles County, Tennessee school board for a dress code policy that bans any clothing that supports GLBT issues, including rainbow clothing.
The issue was initially raised when Richland High School student Rebecca Young wore a shirt that said “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It: on the first day of school last year. The principal reprimanded the student for wearing the shirt, and Superintendent Philip Wright defended the policy.
Via PinkNews:
The dress code does not specifically mention LGBT symbols, but states: “Clothing and accessories bearing slogans that are about or suggestive of drugs, alcohol, sex, obscenities or prove to be a disturbing influence shall not be allowed in the Giles County School System.”
The ACLU has this week filed a claim with the district court, after the school board failed to heed warnings that rules banning LGBT self-expression “violates important federal Constitutional rights and must be rescinded immediately”.
I am sure Giles County will lose that case.