Student May Wear Bush 'Terrorist' Shirt

[pnorman]

Student May Wear Bush 'Terrorist' Shirt
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DETROIT - A high school student has the right to wear a T-shirt to school with the face of President Bush (news - web sites) and the words "International Terrorist" on the front, a federal judge ruled.

"There is no evidence that the T-shirt created any disturbance or disruption," U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Duggan said in the ruling released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) of Michigan, which sued the Dearborn school district on behalf of Bretton Barber.

An assistant principal had ordered Barber in February to conceal the anti-Bush message or go home. Dearborn High said it worried about inflaming passions at the suburban Detroit school, where a majority of students are Arab-American.

But, the judge said, "The record does not reveal any basis for (the assistant principal's) fear aside from his belief that the T-shirt conveyed an unpopular political message."

At the time, Bretton said he wanted to express his anti-war position by wearing the shirt, which he ordered on the Internet.
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[Brotherjohn]

1. Yet another sign that the tide is turning.

A year ago, the headlines read "Student may not wear 'Bush terrorist' t-shirt".