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"stoney" |
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11 Mar 2006 09:44:32 PM |
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Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rights_banner;_ylt=AlFivEM6SUbKo1BaQg23Q4qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-
Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner
Fri Mar 10, 3:38 PM ET
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.
"Public schools are instrumentalities of government, and government is
not entitled to suppress speech that undermines whatever missions it
defines for itself," Judge Andrew Kleinfeld wrote in the court's
opinion.
The court also cleared the way for Frederick to seek damages, saying
Morse was aware of relevant case law and should have known her actions
violated his rights.
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| User: "GoDrex" |
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| Title: Re: Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner |
11 Mar 2006 11:05:01 PM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:276712prv0kdsfo6ck8ei62r5qgrkku3fv@4ax.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rights_banner;_ylt=AlFivEM6SUbKo1BaQg23Q4qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-
Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner
my brother once met a guy, back in the 70's, who said that Jesus lived in
the desert and drove a Chevy Love pickup - he said that soon it would be
heaven on earth and that marijuanna would grow with the buds pre-rolls into
joints...
I always remembered that story. It sounded as good as anything else I'd ever
heard.
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner |
13 Mar 2006 08:30:11 PM |
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:05:01 -0500, "GoDrex" <godrex35@hotmail.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:276712prv0kdsfo6ck8ei62r5qgrkku3fv@4ax.com...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_rights_banner;_ylt=AlFivEM6SUbKo1BaQg23Q4qs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-
Court upholds "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" student banner
my brother once met a guy, back in the 70's, who said that Jesus lived in
the desert and drove a Chevy Love pickup - he said that soon it would be
heaven on earth and that marijuanna would grow with the buds pre-rolls into
joints...
I always remembered that story. It sounded as good as anything else I'd ever
heard.
[chuckling]
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.
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