Tag Archives: ACLU

ACLU Wins Case Against Florida School

Via press release: PANAMA CITY, FL – After a two-day trial in which a Florida high school principal testified that he believed clothing or stickers featuring rainbows would make students automatically picture gay people having sex, a federal judge today ruled that the school violated students’ First Amendment rights of students. The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties …

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ACLU Opens Case Against Florida School

In a case that I first mentioned here in February, the ACLU has made its opening arguments in its challenge of a Florida high school that prevented a student from wearing items in support of gay rights. A Florida high school is “trampling the First Amendment rights of students who support equal rights for gay people”, a federal judge was …

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Memphis School Board Backs Principal Who Outed Students

According to the school board of Memphis, the principal who outed two gay students did nothing wrong. You may recall last week’s story in which the ACLU demanded that Hollis F. Price Middle High School Principal Daphne Beasley be reprimanded for her actions. According to the ACLU, Beasley included the two boys on a list she posted of students thought …

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Peace Corps To Pozzers: Get Out

The ACLU is warring with the Peace Corps over their policy of rejecting volunteers who are HIV positive. Jeremiah Johnson joined the Peace Corps because he wanted to help people, but was forced to quit after giving nearly a year and a half of service because he is HIV-positive. Now, Johnson, 25, is working with the American Civil Liberties Union …

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California Supreme Court To Hear Gay Marriage Suit On March 4th

The California Supreme Court announced today that they will hear arguments over the state’s ban on gay marriage on March 4th in San Francisco. The three-hour hearing will consider a 2004 lawsuit filed on behalf of Equality California, the Our Family Coalition, and 15 same-sex couples denied marriage under the ballot measure approved by voters in 2000. Oral arguments will …

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ACLU Sues School Over Free Speech

On behalf of a 16 year-old named Heather Gillman, the ACLU is suing a Florida high school for suppression of free speech. This comes after school officials ruled that any declaration of support for gay rights, such as a rainbow sticker on a notebook or saying “I support gay people” were signs that the students belonged to a “secret/illegal organization.” …

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ACLU Backs Larry Craig

The ACLU has filed a friend of the the court brief in support of Sen. Larry Craig’s bid to overturn his disorderly conduct conviction, arguing that according that people who have sex in public restrooms have an expectation of privacy. From the brief: “The government cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Senator Craig was inviting the undercover officer to …

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More On “Intent” Crimes

The NYPD is conducting a subway sting called “Operation Lucky Bag” in which undercover cops plant bags and wallets containing credit cards,, then wait around to see who picks them up. Unlucky Samaritans who pick up the bags with the intent on contacting their owners are detained, frisked, and their criminal backgrounds are checked. If I found a wallet on …

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Contempt, Jail Time For Adoption Attempt

The ACLU is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a local county judge who blocked an adoption after finding out that the adoptive mother lived with her lesbian partner of seven years. Elizabeth Hadaway returned the child to her biological mother, who upon seeing how distraught the child was at the separation, insisted that Hadaway …

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ACLU Gets Behind Larry Craig

The ACLU has filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of disgraced Republican Sen. Larry Craig, urging that the toe-tapping legislator withdraw his guilty plea because the restroom sting that resulted in his arrest was unconstitutional. “The real motive behind secret sting operations like the one that resulted in Senator Craig’s arrest is not to stop people from …

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ACLU: Let Students Wear Flag

The ACLU has sent a letter of complaint to a North Carolina high school after it refused to allow a student to wear an American flag t-shirt yesterday in commemoration of 9/11. Jennifer Rudinger, Executive Director of the ACLU-NCLF: “The school has no right to prevent this student – or any other student – from wearing a flag on her …

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وي وإلل نت بي سلنت

The ACLU is suing JetBlue and the Transportation Safety Administration on behalf of a man who attempted to board a flight at JFK last year while wearing a t-shirt that read, “We Will Not Be Silent” in both English and Arabic script. Raed Jarrar was told by a TSA official that his shirt “made fellow passengers uncomfortable.” Jarrar say he …

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RV Park Rejects Kid With HIV

The ACLU is battling an Alabama RV park for banning a 2-year old boy with HIV from using their swimming pool, a violation of the Americans with Disablities Act. The child’s foster mother had mentioned at the park’s office that the boy had HIV and management told the family that the child could not use the pool, shower, or common …

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ACLU On JMG

With the help of Aaron, I’m still trying to figure out how to use the BlogAds site, but as you may have noticed, JMG now features an ad from the ACLU which asks you to submit your personal LGBT-related job discrimination stories for use in their vital work on behalf of ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Please visit the ACLU …

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10Couples.org

Today the ACLU launches a new website, 10Couples.org, to support the campaign for same-sex marriage. In order to put a human face on the issue of marriage for same-sex couples, and to reach a wider audience using new media tools, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has teamed up with Emmy-award winning production company Public Interest to launch a video …

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