A high school student in Birmingham, Ala., is free to wear a gay-supportive T-shirt after the Southern Poverty Law Center threatened to sue her school district because administrators found the shirt offensive.
Sara Couvillion's "Gay? Fine By Me" shirt landed her in trouble with school officials. The SPLC told a CBS News affiliate that she wore the shirt to school several times during the last school year. However, an official eventually told her to stop wearing the shirt because administrators feared for the 15-year-old student's safety, even though Couvillion said she never experienced or reported violence against her. After the SPLC threatened to sue for her right to wear the shirt, the school administrators backed down from their original position.
"At Hoover High School, we have a tradition and practice of respecting the rights of students to exercise all of their constitutional entitlements," Hoover High School principal Don Hulin said Wednesday in a statement. "We are fortunate to have a diversified student body and we work very diligently to encourage a culture of tolerance and understanding."
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