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An eleven year old fifth grader at the Aurora Frontier K-3 school was suspended for wearing an Anti-Obama shirt. Here’s a picture of the shirt.



Unfortunately by the time I tried to link this to the original source it is no longer available.

AURORA - An Aurora 11-year-old says his first amendment rights are being trampled after he was suspended for wearing a homemade shirt that reads “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.”

The fifth grader wore it on a day when students were asked to wear red, white and blue to show their patriotism.

The boy’s father Dann Dalton describes himself as a “proud conservative” who has taken part in some controversial anti-abortion protests. Dalton says the school made a major mistake by suspending his son for wearing the shirt.

“It’s the public school system,” Dalton says, “let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons.”

The school district told Daxx Dalton that he had the choice of changing his shirt, turning his shirt inside out or being suspended.

Daxx chose suspension.

“They’re taking away my right of freedom of speech,” he says. “If I have the right to wear this shirt I’m going to use it. And if the only way to use it is get suspended, then I’m going to get suspended.”

Daxx’s dad agrees with him and is encouraging his son to stand his ground. “The facts are his rights were violated. Period.”

Aurora public schools could not talk about the case but said they “Respect a student’s right to free speech, such as the right to wear specific clothing” but they said they review any situation that interrupts the learning environment.

H/T ScoopThis.org

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