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A Florida high school is "trampling the First Amendment rights of students who support equal rights for gay people", according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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    david_nwpa7 months, 1 week ago

    This is one fight the ACLU must fight to preserve and protect the rights of LGBT students to speak their minds about their own sexual identities. Why should it be acceptable by government standards to discuss being straight, but unacceptable to discuss being gay? Does it offend someone's religious sensibilities? Come out of the stone ages, people. We do not live under Taliban rule, yet.

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      Itachirumon7 months, 1 week ago

      This is just bloody vile...well you know what the phobes say "At school and in prison, 1st amendment rights don't apply" cause these idiots serve at the will of the parents and half the parents are christian phobes...they should not only be stopped but disbarred and sued for EVERYTHING they have...if I wasn't worried about the results I'd say force this school to close and integrate the kids into a new school but why make the good teachers and other kids suffer because management can't keep it's ass on straight eh?

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      Bkumm7 months, 1 week ago

      Wish you'd have let me know about this story david. As you know, I've been following developments on this issue for over a year now.

      This is out of control. Thank goodness there's an organization like the ACLU!!!

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        lvrofwolves7 months, 1 week ago

        In 2008 America??? OMG that's sad.

        The district then said that such symbols and slogans were signs that students were part of a "secret/illegal organization."

        secret? seems that school wants to push people back into closets.

        illegal organization by GLBT? where???

        Isn't it illegal to deny equal rights?

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      Neophile7 months, 1 week ago

      'likely be disruptive'

      Yeah, by all means lets make sure that we don't "disrupt" any thoughts that a child has. Clearly they aren't going to that school to have their minds challenged.

      This is the antithesis of what a school should be.

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        Itachirumon7 months, 1 week ago

        Just keep remembering what they say "Before it gets better it has to get a whole hell of a lot worse first"...God I'd like to meet these sage "they" people and pick their brains, wouldn't you?

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        Sock_Puppet7 months, 1 week ago

        More good news from Rednecks in a Redstate. =D

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          Spadecaller7 months, 1 week ago

          No suprise why people of the European countries and throughout most of the world are excited about the prospect of electing Barack Obama as the next President.

          Sensitivity to the issues of first amendment rights must not be politicized by the dictates of religious dogma.

          We have had enough politicians who will do what is politically expedient for fear they might incur the rath of kooks like Dobson.

          Time to start weeding out the witch hunters and to throw them out of Congress this November.

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