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Mar 10, 1:29 PM ET
LANCASTER, Pa. - The family of a middle school student who was given
detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a gun has filed a
federal freedom of speech lawsuit against the school district.
Donald Miller III, 14, went to Penn Manor High School in December
wearing a T-shirt he said was intended to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army
soldier fighting in Iraq.
The shirt bears the image of a military sidearm and on the front pocket
says "Volunteer Homeland Security." On the back, over another image of
the weapon, are the words "Special issue Resident Lifetime License —
United States Terrorist Hunting Permit — Permit No. 91101 — Gun Owner —
No Bag Limit."
Officials at the Millersville school told him to turn his shirt inside
out. When Miller refused, he got two days of detention.
His parents, Donald and Tina Miller of Holtwood, have accused the Penn
Manor School District in a lawsuit of violating their son's First
Amendment rights with a "vague Orwellian policy" that stifles both
patriotism and free speech.
But an attorney for the school district said school must create a safe
environment for students in the post-Columbine era, and bringing even
the image of a gun to school violates the district's policy.
"There's a much higher level of sensitivity these days," Penn Manor
attorney Kevin French said. "But it's based on reality."
The lawsuit was filed in January. A federal judge will hold a
conference on the case March 31.CC
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RAK
sent me this
story about a kid who was suspended for wearing a tee-shirt with a
gun pictured on it. There's prolly about five of these stories a
day any more. I made a tee-shirt. 
I definitely agree with there being "a much higher level of sensitivity." A bunch of gun fearing wusses (from our 11 star vice general) with a lot of feeellings.
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Would've been fine, I'm sure, with one of those Palestinian head wrap things. Just showing some respect to the oppressed, you understand...
ReplyDeleteEven a picture of a gun gets banned-- by the very sort of people who claim to decry censorship.
ReplyDeleteAgain we see that censorship is perfectly okay with them as long as it supports the PC agenda: anti-God, anti-traditional family, anti-gun, anti-white.
They think they can get away with it because the media have cleared the way: creating the impression that guns are exclusively bad, associated with gangs and mass murderers, and no responsible person would have one or even associate with them.
The same is true of the other topics: Can we pray in school? Hell no. Can we celebrate white history month? No, that's racist. Can we advocate the advantages of having two opposite-sex parents? No, that's discriminatory.
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