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<blockquote data-quote="VitruvianDoc" data-source="post: 1359254" data-attributes="member: 13736"><p>Look, I agree this is wrong, but the idea of school administration and its ability to implement policies is pandora's box.</p><p></p><p>Back in highschool, in Edmond, my senior class had a huge liberal push for the ACLU to step in and have the Pledge of Allegiance removed from our class rooms due the the "Under God" issue (is was a banner posted above most chalk boards). The ACLU pursued and so many of my friends and had a grass root push and we made t-shirts that were simply Anti-ACLU.</p><p></p><p>Our school administration stepped in and told us we did NOT have the right to peacefully assemble, to speak freely, or protest on school grounds and that we had to stop our campaign to keep the pledge posted, however, the ACLU could continue their campaign. </p><p></p><p>It went as far as a group of 25 students being expelled for continuing the campaign to keep the pledge and we were almost prevented from walking.</p><p></p><p>After seeking legal help from Lawyers (two of my friends' dads were Attorneys), they pro-bono took on the ACLU outside the school and they ACLU dropped their pursuit.</p><p></p><p>Point being: historically the Law has sides that the school administration has the ability to pick and choose what rights students retain and its wrong. Until we restore these rights, injustices will continue ranging from the strip-search of minors w/o parental presence to examples as this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VitruvianDoc, post: 1359254, member: 13736"] Look, I agree this is wrong, but the idea of school administration and its ability to implement policies is pandora's box. Back in highschool, in Edmond, my senior class had a huge liberal push for the ACLU to step in and have the Pledge of Allegiance removed from our class rooms due the the "Under God" issue (is was a banner posted above most chalk boards). The ACLU pursued and so many of my friends and had a grass root push and we made t-shirts that were simply Anti-ACLU. Our school administration stepped in and told us we did NOT have the right to peacefully assemble, to speak freely, or protest on school grounds and that we had to stop our campaign to keep the pledge posted, however, the ACLU could continue their campaign. It went as far as a group of 25 students being expelled for continuing the campaign to keep the pledge and we were almost prevented from walking. After seeking legal help from Lawyers (two of my friends' dads were Attorneys), they pro-bono took on the ACLU outside the school and they ACLU dropped their pursuit. Point being: historically the Law has sides that the school administration has the ability to pick and choose what rights students retain and its wrong. Until we restore these rights, injustices will continue ranging from the strip-search of minors w/o parental presence to examples as this. [/QUOTE]
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