Court: Pa. school can't ban 'boobies' bracelets

[cali]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After years of litigation about students' free speech rights, a full U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania school district cannot ban "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected school district claims that the slogan — designed to promote breast cancer awareness among young people — is lewd. It also concluded that school officials didn't prove the bracelets were disruptive.

"Because the bracelets here are not plainly lewd and because they comment on a social issue, they may not be categorically banned," the court said in a 9-5 decision.

The ruling is a victory for two Easton Area School District girls who challenged the school rule in 2010 with help from the American Civil Liberties Union. Easton is one of several school districts around the country to ban the bracelets, which are distributed by the nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation of Carlsbad, Calif.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/05/us-court-pa-school-cant-ban-boobies-bracelets/2619517/

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. Kids.

[FSogol]

2. I had no idea the kids were into ornithology these days!

[meow2u3]

3. Only someone with a lewd or sexist mind would think breast cancer awareness...

...has a sexual undertone. Only a dirty-minded nutjob who has a woman problem would read something sexual into the breast cancer awareness context of "I (heart) boobies."