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| Student suspended for Marine Corps shirt |
| 2004-03-02 |
| EFL A high school student suspended for wearing a T-shirt with a machine gun and Marine Corps creed is suing the district over its dress-code policy. Semper Fi! Nathan Griggs, 16, and his father, David, brought the suit in U.S. District Court against Fort Wayne Community Schools, claiming the shirt was protected by First Amendment free-speech rights, the Fort Wayne News Sentinel reported. And where is the ACLU? Elmhurst High School Principal Laura Taliaferro ordered Griggs not to wear the shirt because it was "inappropriate for the school setting." To bad he wasn't a fat butch lesbian with a nose ring, body ink, colored hair, and low riders. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #11 GK, I'll check the news. I beleive Elmhurst is out in the sticks. I expect that a large portion of the membership of the school's PTA is inhabitted by deer-hunters and ice fishers. We had a couple of pro-troop rallies in town, but anti-war rallies. I recommed Monster.com to the lady. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-2 5:07:51 PM |
| #10 In a fight between the Marine Corps and the Fort Wayne Community Schools, who's YOUR money on? ha, ha. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-2 4:24:28 PM |
| #9 i thinkin the school do a purdy good job. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-3-2 12:24:49 PM |
| #8 RC is right. Our schools aren't about educating. It's a jobs program designed to socialise the children. Could you even imagine the shock and pain Griggs' stunt had on his teachers. I bet SHE needed sick leave. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-3-2 11:58:50 AM |
| #7 who said my bong? |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-3-2 11:35:30 AM |
| #6 In a fight between the Marine Corps and the Fort Wayne Community Schools, who's YOUR money on? The schools; they're more willing to throw away entire generations of children in order to make their political points. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-2 11:06:41 AM |
| #5 Many GFWs cannot comprehend the difference between a full-auto capable assault rifle and a machine gun. Short answer: one is crew-served. In a fight between the Marine Corps and the Fort Wayne Community Schools, who's YOUR money on? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-3-2 10:39:52 AM |
| #4 This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of my enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen. |
| Posted by: Unmutual 2004-3-2 10:36:17 AM |
| #3 After Griggs came to school in the T-shirt March 17, 2003, a school official warned he would be disciplined if he wore it again. He wore it the next day, believing the shirt was protected under the First Amendment, the complaint says. The shirt has an image of an M-16 rifle and the text of the Marine Corps creed, written by a general after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also known as "My Rifle," it focuses on the relationship between a Marine and his rifle, the Fort Wayne paper said. . . . The suit contends the policy is so strict it prohibits protected speech. For example, a student would be barred from wearing a shirt with the city of Fort Wayne seal because it includes a sword, the complaint said. No doubt 'My Bong' would have been considered 'Free Speech'.... Just think... these asshats are teaching our children... shudder |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-3-2 10:29:54 AM |
| #2 See |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2004-3-2 10:28:31 AM |
| #1 The liberal left is obsessed with automatic weapons. When did an M-16 become a machine gun? Super Hose, is there more to this than printed here? |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-2 10:17:03 AM |