Ethics

ACLU and ADF Agree on Illinois Anti-Gay T-Shirt Policy

By Ed Brayton

I've reported on this case before, one of many situations around the country where a school has forbidden students to wear t-shirts with even the most mild anti-gay sentiment on them. This usually happens in April when Gay-Straight Alliance clubs around the country hold the Day of Silence to bring attention to gay rights and religious right groups counter the next day with the Day of Truth.

This particular case was in Naperville, Illinois. Two students wore t-shirts on the Day of Truth that said the following:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 21, 2008 (boomark / email).