Idaho AG Bans “Everyone Is Welcome” Signs In Schools

The Idaho Capital Sun reports:

The “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign that sparked a viral nationwide controversy can no longer be displayed in Idaho schools, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion released late Friday. The revelation became public a day after Idaho EdNews received a redacted version of the opinion, which the Idaho Department of Education used to write its guidance on the flags-in-schools law.

The Department of Education asked the attorney general’s office on March 28 for guidance on the new law. It took the attorney general’s office until May 29 to provide a response. The department then took nearly another month to provide guidance to school districts, which it did Thursday.

The attorney general’s opinion released to EdNews Thursday had one section redacted, pertaining to signs West Ada School District teacher Sarah Inama had displayed in her classroom for years. One sign read “Everyone is Welcome Here.” West Ada administrators said the signs — including one displaying open hands of different skin tones — violated district policy. Inama refused to remove the sign, and in March, her story attracted national media coverage.

From my March 2025 post:

A local screen printing shop has been working tirelessly for over a week to meet the demand for T-shirts bearing a message of inclusion that has brought international attention to Idaho. Brigade Screen Printing in Boise has received thousands of orders after sixth-grade teacher Sarah Inama refused to take down a sign in her classroom reading “Everyone Is Welcome Here” when asked to do so by the West Ada School District.

“We’re busy on a normal basis,” said shop owner Shawn Wright about the sheer number of orders. “But we’re never this busy. This is a whole another level.” Wright shared the Inama’s story with his staff, many of whom are parents with children in the West Ada School District. “Within five minutes, I had a bunch of moms in tears going, ‘Whatever we gotta do,’” Wright said. The small shop has significantly extended its usual 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule.

Two weeks ago Sarah Inama resigned for a job with the Boise school district.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador [photo above], who helped found the House Freedom Caucus, first appeared here in 2015 when as a House rep he authored the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act,” which would have allowed business owners to refuse to serve LGBTQ customers.

In 2017, we heard from him when he declared that “nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”

Labrador is a Mormon who served his mandatory two-year mission in Chile. He left Congress in 2018 for a failed run for Idaho governor.