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Columnist Defends League’s Use of Graphic Images

Posted by Eric Scheidler (August 13, 2010 at 12:45 pm)

Columnist Jerry MooreIn response to the media coverage of the Pro-Life Action League’s visit to Batavia, Illinois on July 9 during our summer Face the Truth Tour, MySuburbanLife columnist Jerry Moore published a defense of the League’s constitutionally protected tactics.

Without taking sides on the abortion issue—or even saying whether or not he approved of the Truth Tour approach—Moore made the point that messages like ours—messages which many people simply don’t want to hear—are exactly what the Constitution was intended to protect. [Continue reading ...]

Tags: , , , , , , . Posted in Face the Truth, Free Speech, Pro-Life Activism | 0 Comments »

“Inappropriate Subject Matter”?

Posted by John Jansen (July 30, 2010 at 3:05 pm)

t-shirtThe mother of a 6th grade girl who was not allowed to wear a pro-life T-shirt at her public school in Merced, California filed a federal lawsuit this week against the school, claiming that the school violated her daughter’s First Amendment rights.

The design on the girl’s shirt can be seen above, right.

The school claims it had the right to prevent the girl (identified in court documents as “T.A.”) from wearing the shirt on the grounds that it violated the school’s dress code, which states:

Personal articles, clothing, or manner of dress shall make no suggestion of tobacco, drug, or alcohol use, sexual promiscuity, profanity, vulgarity, or other inappropriate subject matter.

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Tags: , , , , , . Posted in Abortion, Law and Politics, Planned Parenthood, The Culture War, The Unborn Child | 1 Comment »