Anti-Bush shirt OK in school, court says

MSNBC
Posted: August 31st, 2006 by R. Lee Wrights

“A middle school that censored the anti-drug, anti-Bush message on a student’s T-shirt violated the boy’s right to free speech, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The shirt bore images of cocaine and a martini glass — in addition to messages calling President Bush a lying drunk driver who abused cocaine and marijuana, and the ‘chicken-hawk-in-chief’ who was engaged in a ‘world domination tour.’ Zachary Guiles, then a seventh-grader, wore the shirt once a week for two months in early 2004 and refused to cover the images after a parent and student complained. He was suspended for one day that May, and the next day wore the shirt with duct tape covering the images.” (08/31/06)

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