11 March 2008
First and Second Amendments in Danger
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Constitution in Peril .
Donald Miller III, 14, went to Penn Manor High School in December wearing a T-shirt he said was intended to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army soldier fighting in Iraq.
The shirt bears the image of a military sidearm and on the front pocket says “Volunteer Homeland Security.” On the back, over another image of the weapon, are the words “Special issue Resident Lifetime License — United States Terrorist Hunting Permit — Permit No. 91101 — Gun Owner — No Bag Limit.”
Officials at the Millersville school told him to turn his shirt inside out. When Miller refused, he got two days of detention.
His parents, Donald and Tina Miller of Holtwood, have accused the Penn Manor School District in a lawsuit of violating their son’s First Amendment rights with a “vague Orwellian policy” that stifles both patriotism and free speech.
But an attorney for the school district said school must create a safe environment for students in the post-Columbine era, and bringing even the image of a gun to school violates the district’s policy.
“There’s a much higher level of sensitivity these days,” Penn Manor attorney Kevin French said. “But it’s based on reality.”
The lawsuit was filed in January. A federal judge will hold a conference on the case March 31.
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6 Comments so far...
Hank Says:
11 March 2008 at 1:01 am.
I’m to old for this crap. Everything seems very out of control. Pretty much everybody I know feels it. Now to make things about our military out to be dangerous is so nutty. Where is this going to end? We needed Mitt, we really did.
Ghost Says:
11 March 2008 at 1:06 am.
Hey Hank. I’ve got a baby on my shoulder. What’s your excuse for staying up?
Hank Says:
11 March 2008 at 1:16 am.
age
enjoy that baby
Matt Says:
11 March 2008 at 10:39 am.
Orwellian is right. Education is becoming so fanatically liberal I don’t know how our kids will come out unscathed.
Pickles Says:
11 March 2008 at 12:11 pm.
This is so nazi. They are trying to tell us how to eat and how to dress and how to talk and how to think. I’m sick of it.
Nalvy Says:
12 March 2008 at 5:12 pm.
I am with you on this Pickles… Lets get Iffer and the three of us can cause a scandal by shaking our fists at the Man!
On a more serious note I am really sick of our government (that is bascially who is behind the whole ordeal) of taking away our rights! I want my family to be able to grow up with freedoms and not in some oppressed Communist country!
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