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Ban Lifted on Student's T-Shirt With Pro-Life Message BY LifeSiteNews.com ANN ARBOR, MI, January 31, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Thomas More Law Center declared victory Wednesday, after school officials at Abington Junior High School in Abington, Pennsylvania, abandoned their decision to censor a student’s pro-life message.  The school principal had earlier ordered the student’s pro-life t-shirt turned inside out because it was equivalent to the display of a swastika.  Responding to a demand letter from the Law Center, attorneys for the school district agreed that the student “has a First Amendment right to wear the pro-life shirt,” and asked that the letter serve as written assurance of that fact.  The t-shirt displayed the messages, “Abortion is Homicide.  You will not silence my message.  You will not mock my God.  You will stop killing my generation.  Rock for Life.”  Thomas More Law Center Attorneys had sent a four-page letter challenging the school policy, and demanded that the school take immediate action to provide written assurance that the student be permitted to wear the pro-life shirt to school.  The Law Center explained that the student’s speech did not cause any substantial and material disruptions to the workings of the school and that there was no legal basis on which to restrict his speech.  Edward L White III, Associate Counsel with the Thomas More Law Center, commented, “Too often public school officials forget that the First Amendment protects student pro-life messages.  We are pleased that the school has quickly corrected its mistake and has acknowledged our client’s First Amendment right to wear the pro-life t-shirt to school.”  Visit the Law Center online at:  http://www.thomasmore.org http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/school-backs-off-claim-that-pro-life-message-swastika/

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