Calif. Court Bans Students From Wearing Anti-Gay T-Shirts To School... Shirts "Interfere With Their Right To Learn"...

Calif. Court Bans Students From Wearing Anti-Gay T-Shirts To School... Shirts "Interfere With Their Right To Learn"...

Schools in the western United States can forbid a high school student from wearing a T-shirt that denigrates gay and lesbian students, a sharply divided federals appeals court in San Francisco ruled today.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said that a T-shirt that proclaimed "Be Ashamed, Our School Embraced What God Has Condemned'' on the front and "Homosexuality Is Shameful'' on the back was "injurious to gay and lesbian students and interfered with their right to learn.'' The court said that the shirt can be barred on a public high school campus without violating the 1st Amendment.

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