Washington – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the challenge of a Massachusetts student to ban his college on him bearing a t -shirt bearing the slogan “There are only two sexes”.
The case occurred from the Dispute of the student Liam Morrison with the Nichols Middle School in Middleborough.
Morrison lawyers for the alliance defending freedom, a conservative group for the defense of Christian legal defenders, say that students were “bombed” with messages favoring the point of view “that sex and sex are self -defined, unlimited and not moored of biology”.
Morrison believes that the point of view is “false and harmful” and responded in March 2023 when he was in seventh year by carrying the t-shirt. After he was told to remove it, he later wore another shirt that said: “There are sexes (censored).”
Morrison was not punished for carrying the shirts, although he was told that he could not wear them in class and was sent home when he refused to remove the first.
Two conservative members of the Court, judge Clarence Thomas and judge Samuel Alito, are dissident of the decision not to hear the case.
“This case presents a question of great importance for the youth of our country: if public schools can suppress the discourse of the students either because it expresses the point of view that the underlying school or because of waves concerns concerning the probable effect of the discourse on the school atmosphere or on the students who find the offensive of speech”, ” Alito wrote.
The case raised questions on the extent of rights to freedom of expression for pupils of public schools under the first amendment to the Constitution, which was recognized in a historic decision of 1969 which found that the students had the right to carry Protestant armbands against the Vietnam War.
School administrators underline the student code of students, which prohibits any “speech of hatred or imagery”, claiming that they simply applied these requirements in order to avoid disturbances at school.
Morrison’s lawyers say that the restrictions of the clothing code on speech are unconstitutional.
A judge of the Federal District Court and the 1st Court of Appeals circuit based in Boston ruled in favor of the school.
The Court of Appeal concluded that on the basis of the 1969 decision, school officials can prohibit “passive and silently expressed messages” which lower the others, even if the expression in question does not target a specific student.
The Supreme Court is currently weighing A Maryland case During an attempt by parents to ensure that primary children can withdraw from LGBT -oriented books that could be read in class.
