Stunt Ws Injunctn to Wear 'Be Happy, Not Gay' T-shirt at School

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• IM NOT GAY T-SHIRTS
• I'M NOT GAY BUT $20 IS $20
• STUNT WS INJUNCTN TO WEAR ‘BE HAPPY, NOT GAY’ T-SHIRT AT SCHOOL
• ILLOIS SCHOOL MT ALLOW “BE HAPPY, NOT GAY” T-SHIRT

IM NOT GAY T-SHIRTS

I'm Not Gay But $20 Is $20. A feral appeals urt has orred that an Illois stunt be allowed to wear a T-shirt that says “Be Happy, Not Gay” to prott the annual Day of Silence support of gay stunts.

“ ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ is only tepidly negative; ‘rogatory’ or ‘meang’ seems too strong a characterizatn, ” U. “As one would expect a school the size of Nqua Valley High School, there have been cints of harassment of homosexual stunts.

But is highly speculative that allowg the platiff to wear a T-shirt that says ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ would have even a slight tenncy to provoke such cints, or for that matter to poison the tnal atmosphere. The Day of Tth, an alternative event sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund, which is when Illois stunt Alexanr Nuxoll wants to wear his “Be Happy, Not Gay” shirt, is schled for Monday, April 28. A suburban Chigo school district that promot tolerance mt also allow stunts to exprs opposg views, so long as they are not unduly disptive, a feral appeals urt led as upheld the right of high schoolers to wear a “Be Happy, Not Gay” T-shirt.

I'M NOT GAY BUT $20 IS $20

“A school that perms advocy of the rights of homosexual stunts nnot be allowed to stifle cricism. of homosexualy, ” wr Judge Richard Posner yterday’s opn (PDF) Zameik v.

STUNT WS INJUNCTN TO WEAR ‘BE HAPPY, NOT GAY’ T-SHIRT AT SCHOOL

“The school argued (and still argu) that banng “Be Happy, Not Gay” was jt a matter of protectg the ‘rights’ of the stunts agast whom rogatory ments are directed.

ILLOIS SCHOOL MT ALLOW “BE HAPPY, NOT GAY” T-SHIRT

Daily Herald: “Court upholds District 204 stunts’ right to wear anti-gay T-shirt”. Stunt Prs Law Center: “Appeals urt upholds stunts’ right to wear ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ shirts”.

Court of Appeals for the 7th Circu reversed a lower urt’s lg agast an Illois stunt Wednday, sayg the district urt mt orr a Naperville high school to spend s ban on a T-shirt that reads “Be Happy, Not Gay” while the stunt’s lawsu proceeds. “Public school officials nnot censor a msage exprsg one viewpot on homosexual behavr and then at the same time allow msag that exprs another viewpot. ” Other stunts at the school are permted to wear shirts wh msag supportg homosexual behavr as part of the “Day of Silence, ” which is sponsored by the Gay, Lbian, Straight Edutn Network.