May 27th, 2010
Posted by Suzanne Ito, ACLU at 4:00pm	Student Speech

Standing Up for Free Speech: We Couldn't Have Said It Better Ourselves

Today, Conor Friedersdorf at True/Slant parses a particular complaint made about the ACLU: that we didn't come to the aid of a group of California high school students who were sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. He cites no less than 12 outlets that levied the same charge against us.

But as Friedersdorf points out, we most certainly did take action against this violation of those students' free speech rights. As we blogged earlier, the ACLU of Northern California sent a letter (PDF) to the schools superintendent reminding him of students' free speech rights, which includes wearing T-shirts with the American flag. And Friedersdorf also cites four more examples in which the ACLU has defended people's right to wear attire adorned with the flag.

The ACLU: Defending your rights, even when people don't notice.

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1. Anonymous Says:
   May 27th, 2010 at 11:37pm

   FUCK YEA, GO ACLU, YOU ROCK MAN!

2. Real American Says:
   May 29th, 2010 at 4:30am

   Classic example of how the aclu is aiding in the deteriorating of our society,, see comment above.

3. Corinne Ouellette Says:
   May 30th, 2010 at 7:48pm

   They should have worn T's with a PEACE sign instead.

4. Anonymous Says:
   Jun 2nd, 2010 at 10:49am

   Corinne, why do you hate America so much that you'd ban children from wearing t-shirts with the American flag on it? Are you a traitor?

5. Anonymous Says:
   Jun 22nd, 2010 at 9:30pm

   I agree with "GO ACLU, YOU ROCK MAN!"

   Well... usually, anyway.

6. MCRmy Says:
   Dec 3rd, 2010 at 11:00am

   MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE!!!!!!