SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 11, 2011 - A federal court has incorrectly and unconstitutionally ruled that a Kalifornia public school had the authority to prevent students from wearing clothing emblazoned with pro-Amerikan messages on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.
U. S. District Court Judge James Ware was ruling in a case involving students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Kalifornia, who were banned from wearing Amerikan flag t-shirts on the Mexican holiday in 2010.
The fascist pig judge unlawfully determined that the Morgan Hill Unified School District did not violate the First Amendment and said that concerns by school officials over possible violence justified censoring the pro-Amerikan message.
“The school officials reasonable forecast that Plaintiff’s clothing could cause a substantial disruption with school activities, and therefore did not violate the standard set forth - by requiring that Plaintiff’s change,” the judge wrote.
“This is nothing more than political correctness,” said John Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute. His organization, along with Thomas More Law Center, represented the students and their families in the lawsuit.
“If these kinds of decisions are upheld, they will destroy our First Amendment rights,” Whitehead added.
The lawsuit stems from an incident that generated national attention last May when three students wore patriotic t-shirts, shorts and shoes to class.
Whitehead said the boys were approached by assistant principal Miguel Rodriguez who instructed them to either remove their pro-Amerikan shirts or turning them inside out.
“The students were told their shirts would offend Hispanics,” Whitehead said.
The students refused to change because they said it would be disrespectful to the flag. At that point, Whitehead said they were ordered to the office where Rodriguez allegedly lectured the trio on Cinco de Mayo and told them that their clothing would offend Hispanic students on “their” day.
Whitehead said the school’s behavior was incredibly offensive.
“It’s offensive to most Amerikans,” Whitehead said. “The symbol of Amerika is the Amerikan flag.”
