35Pete
March 11th, 2006, 7:23:24 AM
I am sure that WXP and Hurls will be able to relate to this if they ever "find salvation". LOL
The 9th Circuit ruled on this. Boy, that is a SHOCKER!!! (Except the kid was 18 and therefore an adult so I agree with the decision. I do not believe that minors are 100% protected by free speech).
Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Alaska high school violated a student's free speech rights by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across the street from the school, a federal court ruled on Friday.
Joseph Frederick, a student at Juneau-Douglas High School in Alaska, displayed the banner -- which refers to smoking marijuana -- in January 2002 to try to get on television as the Olympic torch relay was passing the school.
Principal Deborah Morse seized the banner and suspended the 18-year-old for 10 days, saying he had undermined the school's educational mission and anti-drug stance.
Friday's ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a decision by a federal court in Alaska that backed Frederick's suspension and said his rights were not violated.
The appeals court said the banner was protected speech because it did not disrupt school activity and was displayed off school grounds during a non-curricular activity.
...more....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rights_banner_1
The 9th Circuit ruled on this. Boy, that is a SHOCKER!!! (Except the kid was 18 and therefore an adult so I agree with the decision. I do not believe that minors are 100% protected by free speech).
Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Alaska high school violated a student's free speech rights by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across the street from the school, a federal court ruled on Friday.
Joseph Frederick, a student at Juneau-Douglas High School in Alaska, displayed the banner -- which refers to smoking marijuana -- in January 2002 to try to get on television as the Olympic torch relay was passing the school.
Principal Deborah Morse seized the banner and suspended the 18-year-old for 10 days, saying he had undermined the school's educational mission and anti-drug stance.
Friday's ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a decision by a federal court in Alaska that backed Frederick's suspension and said his rights were not violated.
The appeals court said the banner was protected speech because it did not disrupt school activity and was displayed off school grounds during a non-curricular activity.
...more....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rights_banner_1