A federal district court judge in California has decided that statements about sexual orientation, if not “positive” in nature, can be restricted by public schools.
“The message here is that Christian speech is not favored in this country, and if they do speak something that does not please the politically correct crowd, they can be punished for it,” said Bruce Hausknecht, a social research analyst for Focus on the Family Action.
Administrators in the Poway School District of California objected in 2004 when they learned that a student, Chase Harper, wore a T-shirt which quoted Romans on one side and on the other said, “Be ashamed, our school has embraced what God has condemned.”
Harper said one administrator told him to leave his faith in the car. Harper later sued.
Tim Chandler, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, said Harper’s case is worth appealing to a higher court.
“It’s a classic case of viewpoint discrimination that really reflects a double-standard that's been created both in our public schools and in our legal system,” Chandler said.
