'Lesbians are cool' T-shirt puts Massachusetts school in national spotlight

[Barrister]

Pretty much.

Look, if the kid came to school in a gay pride t-shirt I don't think anyone would blink an eye.  But yes, sassy and sexualized t-shirts I can understand being asked to not wear by school admin.

Hahaha. That's hardly "sexualized" compared to some of the outfits that girls get away with in schools these days.  I'm pretty sure that plenty of kids still wear sassy hot-topic shirts (as they certainly aren't for the older crowd) but I guess one can only get away with it if you stay away from the taboo subject of homosexuality.

I'll agree there's probably something of a disconnect.  A high school girl could probably get away with wearing a very low cut top, but if she wore a t-shirt that didn't show any cleavage whatsoever but merely said something sassy about boobs would probably be asked to change.  Or so I would imagine - I went to high school 20 years ago, and even then it was all-boys with a dress code.

[Eddie Teach]

You went to private school?

[Barrister]

You went to private school?

Jesuit school.  Or at least for my last 2 years.

[CountDeMoney]

You went to private school?

Jesuit school.  Or at least for my last 2 years.

So where'd you go wrong? 

[Sheilbh]

I don't know. Massachusetts has had gay marriage for quite some time already, so this joke tee should hardly be controversial.

Meh, kids don't have the right to be controversial.

Agreed.  Get a uniform

[Martinus]

I bet if she came to school wearing a t-shirt saying "Jesus loves you" she wouldn't be asked to change.

[Barrister]

I bet if she came to school wearing a t-shirt saying "Jesus loves you" she wouldn't be asked to change.

Nope.  But how is that different from, say, a Gay Pride t-shirt?

I bet if she wore a shirt implying non-Christians are going to hell she would be asked to change.

[Valmy]

I bet if she came to school wearing a t-shirt saying "Jesus loves you" she wouldn't be asked to change.

Maybe.  Or maybe it would launch a big freaking deal over religion in schools.  I bet plenty of kids came to school with shirts that said similar stuff to hers in schools before and nothing happened.

In fact I can see it now 'we felt that shirt was offensive to our Jewish and Muslims kids so I asked the student to refrain from wearing Christian shirts' *cue Christians are persecuted shit storm*

[garbon]

I don't know. Massachusetts has had gay marriage for quite some time already, so this joke tee should hardly be controversial.

Meh, kids don't have the right to be controversial.

Agreed.  Get a uniform

Gross.

[garbon]

No one protested my "Too many Christians, too few lions shirt" but I didn't wear it often.

[Valmy]

No one protested my "Too many Christians, too few lions shirt" but I didn't wear it often.

[CountDeMoney]

I remember back in the mid 80's, we did have a kid in high school suspended for wearing the infamous Hitler World Tour concert T-shirt, but it was his fault. He was told not to wear it again, and there he was, showing up the next week in it.
That was some serious drama in 1986, man.

[Tonitrus]

A buddy of mine considered getting this tshirt...pretty much just to wear while working out at the gym on base, but decided that the likelyhood of some higher-ranking NCO or officer getting butt-hurt over it would be too high. 

[Ed Anger]

I remember back in the mid 80's, we did have a kid in high school suspended for wearing the infamous Hitler World Tour concert T-shirt, but it was his fault. He was told not to wear it again, and there he was, showing up the next week in it.
That was some serious drama in 1986, man.

I want the Das Reich European tour shirt.

[Razgovory]

No one protested my "Too many Christians, too few lions shirt" but I didn't wear it often.

Was this in San Francisco?