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    Gay student sues Ohio school district over T-shirt

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    News Gay student sues Ohio school district over T-shirt

    Post by Chris Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:40 pm

    http://news.yahoo.com/gay-student-sues-ohio-school-district-over-t-201525784.html

    Gay student sues Ohio school district over T-shirt
    Associated PressBy LISA CORNWELL | Associated Press – 16 hrs ago

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    CINCINNATI (AP) — A gay student whose southwest Ohio high school prohibited him from wearing a T-shirt designed to urge tolerance of gays is suing the school, saying it's violating his freedom of expression rights.

    The mother of 16-year-old Maverick Couch filed the federal lawsuit on his behalf against Wayne Local School District and the principal of Waynesville High School, northeast of Cincinnati.

    Couch is a junior at the public school. His lawsuit says he's been threatened with suspension if he wears a shirt bearing the message "Jesus Is Not a Homophobe." The lawsuit says school officials told him the shirt is "sexual in nature" and inappropriate.

    The lawsuit asks that school officials be ordered to allow Couch to wear the shirt. It also seeks unspecified damages.

    School district Superintendent Patrick Dubbs said Tuesday he hadn't seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment.
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    Post by Tony Marino Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:43 pm

    Now if they lose the lawsuit is this going to be another teen suicide?
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    Post by RedBedroom Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:58 pm

    The kid should have been allowed to wear the shirt. I am all for lawsuits in cases like this but I don't agree with the plaintiff walking away wealthy. I think a case like this should be about winning the right to wear the shirt and lawyers fees paid. No monetary profit for something like this, IMO.
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    Post by Shale Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:12 pm

    This kid doesn't seem like the suicidal type. More of a stand fast and tell it like it is type. Hmm, I caused trouble like that when I was in HS. Hope they win - the T-shirt message was not all that controversial.
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    Post by CeCe Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:32 pm

    Let him wear the shirt. Not sure about monetary damages. But I hope this is just the kid standing up for what he believes & I think that's fantastic.
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    Post by CeCe Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:34 pm

    Shale wrote:This kid doesn't seem like the suicidal type. More of a stand fast and tell it like it is type. Hmm, I caused trouble like that when I was in HS. Hope they win - the T-shirt message was not all that controversial.

    I agree. Honestly it's not a big deal. Strange the way some people feel the need to sexualize every little thing. The school needs to lighten up.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:50 pm

    LOL. This country is way too lawsuit happy.
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    Post by CeCe Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:27 am

    Update:

    Judge says gay high-school student may wear shirt with slogan
    By Dayton Daily News

    Thursday April 5, 2012 6:48 AM

    WAYNESVILLE, Ohio — A federal judge decided yesterday to allow a Waynesville High School student to wear a T-shirt with the slogan “Jesus Is Not a Homophobe” to school — pending a final decision in a lawsuit filed a day earlier in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

    The lawsuit accuses Principal Randy Gebhardt and the Wayne Local Schools of violating junior Maverick Couch’s First Amendment rights by forcing him to turn the shirt inside out in April 2011. Couch wore the shirt on a national Day of Silence, held to draw attention to the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.



    To read more,visit the website of the Dayton Daily News
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    Post by Shale Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:16 am

    CeCe wrote:Update:
    RIGHT ON!
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    Post by RedBedroom Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:09 pm

    Good to know he won the right to wear it, at least for now.

    You have to wonder now how often he will wear it. Every day? Every other day? Only one or two more times? Once he won right in court to wear it you just know his peers are going to wonder daily if he's going to wear it.
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