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Our local High School forbid students from wearing candidate shirts. Whats wrong with that?
Because it was beyond the candidate stage and was now banning a picture of the elected president of the United States. Should teachers not be allowed to hang a picture of the President on their wall?
Whether you think of it as being POTUS or not it is still political. As he is a political figure. And I feel the principal did the right thing. And that goes for any political t-shirt.
I'm more in favor of that than uniforms. Someone posted about difficulty with dress codes, but my younger daughter was a sr. in high school when the "s l u t" look was very popular. You probably remember: low, low cut jeans; cropped tops, shirts with virtually no backs (for girls), etc. I think the bottom of the shirt should reach the top of the pants, things like that. I'm not in favor of requiring special clothes.
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Originally Posted by ovcatto
Candidate? He's the damned President of the United States. Absent a requirement for school uniforms, wearing a shirt with the image of the President of the United States is clearly free expression as numerous decisions by the Supreme Court amply point out.
Courts have ruled in favor of schools that forbid such attire.
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Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv
If a principal has to disallow a student from wearing an Obama shirt, I question that principal's control over the school in general. These kids are in elementary school! This is absolutely ridiculous. And I have to disagree with people saying political speech is not appropriate for school. Political speech should be protected at all costs. It doesn't matter if they are children or not.
Oh, come on. See my previous response. It's hard enough to control a group of kids. As long as the school is consistent, I see no problem with restricting certain attire. Freedom of speech is not absolute. Kids are usually just parroting what they hear from their parents anyway.
Even if the school does not require uniforms, it may and probably does have a dress code, which may state no political statements on attire.
But that's not what the dress code says, plus, wearing an Obama shirt is not a political statement. It's the President.
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