Friday, May 12, 2006

Someone gets it

It's nice to see that the horizon is finally opening up. This is what Judge Stephen Reinhardt, of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, had to say regarding gay students' rights:
"Public school students who may be injured by verbal assaults on the basis of a core identifying characteristic such as race, religion, or sexual orientation have a right to be free from such attacks while on school campuses. As Tinker clearly states, students have the right to 'be secure and to be let alone.'... Being secure involves not only the freedom from physical assaults but from psychological attacks that cause young people to question their self-worth and their rightful place in society. The 'right to be let alone' has been recognized by the Supreme Court … as the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men."
This is the link if you want to know more about the case.

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