ACLU Hails Federal Court Ruling on School Trainings Aimed at Reducing Anti-Gay Harassment

Students in Ashland Kentucky have lost their bid to opt out of anti-harassment training. They objected on religious grounds.

In a 17-page opinion, U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning wrote that a mandatory training "to address the issue of harassment at school, including harassment based upon actual or perceived sexual orientation, is rationally related to a legitimate educational goal, namely to maintain a safe environment." Because the training didn't require any student to disavow his or her religious beliefs, the judge said, no religious opt-out was required.

The students also suggested that the anti-harassment policies violated their First Amendment rights.

At least two gay students are known to have dropped out of Boyd County High School because of harassment, the school's Model United Nations once adopted a resolution declaring an "open hunting season" on gay students, and students in an English class once stated that they needed to "take all the fucking faggots out in the back woods and kill them."

I guess these little pricks really don't understand the distinction between free speech and harassment. They believe homosexuality is a sin, and the First Amendment does give them the right to say so. But they seem to think that ganging up on students at school, shouting "faggot" in their faces and threatening to take them out into the woods and kill them is a matter a free speech. No, you fuck-heads, that's not free speech. That's called assault.


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