Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president
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BUNNELL, Fla. (AP) — A 17-year-old gay student who was suspended for leading protests at his high school against Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay legislation says school administrators are now stopping him from running for senior class president.
Jack Petocz made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter.
He says because of the disciplinary infractions he received for leading the protests at Flagler Palm Coast High School in March, school administrators are preventing him for running for the elected student body office.
In an email, school district spokesman Jason Wheeler says Flagler Schools is not permitted to speak about individual students’ disciplinary records. Wheeler also notes that requirements for individual clubs or organizations are set by the schools.
Source: WFLA news (Channel 8 in Tampa Bay) website
ca. May, 2022--
Here come the lawsuits! Why hire teachers, when we NEED to hire more LAWYERS!
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@bi4smooth Wow is that real? wow
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He says because of the disciplinary infractions he receivedUmm, what is wrong with that?
He knowingly broke the rules and wants to keep special privileges.
Next, you're gonna post about a felon crying because he can't have a gun.
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@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:
He says because of the disciplinary infractions he receivedUmm, what is wrong with that?
He knowingly broke the rules and wants to keep special privileges.
Next, you're gonna post about a felon crying because he can't have a gun.
ONLY in your feeble excuse for a mind is "participating in school" a "special privilege"...
Had he been protesting for, say, Trump's fake election lies, then you'd be all over this!
THAT is the difference between you and I:
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I am a conservative who believes the law applies equally to all - regardless of the viewpoint of the others.
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You are a Trumpite who believes that the law does NOT apply to some people (whose views you agree with) and should be especially strictly applied to those who you disagree with.
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I believe in FREEDOM - freedom for all to have their own opinions, their own beliefs, and in a Gov't that is as SMALL and unobtrusive as it can be to permit and protect the freedoms of ALL - Even Liberals, hell even Nazi's!
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You believe in the freedom to enforce your views onto other people, to limit the ability of people who oppose you to express their views, and in a Gov't that CONTROLS the populace. (Sound like Kremlin-talk? I think so too!)
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@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:
Blah, blah, blah
Keep snortching Pelosi's gin soked pussy farts.
A 1-liner just calling me a name (not even a new one)!
Victory!
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Why should I bother responding to your liberal bullshit?
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@raphjd The Don't Say Gay bill was directed at teachers and now they are using it to go after teenagers. That is not okay. And if you think that the GOP will stop now, then you are mistaking. They will go after ALL gay rights. And that can mean that this site will become illegal. Why are you so eager to go after other peole and why are you so eager to shot your own foot. I really don't understand your motives.
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SCOTUS has long held that students don't have the same rights as others. Only the military has less rights.
Ironically, school boards have parents arrested for reading from the very books the school boards allow students to read.
Let's not forget that at least 1 elementary school had that graphic teen sex book in its library.
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@raphjd so the USA is not democracy, is that what you say?
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That is what the laws of the US and SCOTUS say.
Also, NO, the US is not a democracy. The US is a representative republic.
It seems, that you believe that people can break any rules they want, as long as you agree with them.
Even if this student supported the Florida law and protested in favor, I would still say he has to pay the price for violating the rules and knew it beforehand.
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@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:
That is what the laws of the US and SCOTUS say.
Also, NO, the US is not a democracy. The US is a representative republic.
It seems, that you believe that people can break any rules they want, as long as you agree with them.
Even if this student supported the Florida law and protested in favor, I would still say he has to pay the price for violating the rules and knew it beforehand.
1 - @serenity is correct: the religious-right will not stop with "don't say gay" - and they have an insidious new "weapon" they're using: allowing individuals to sue governments over perceived "morals" abuses. Further, the challenge to Roe v Wade is also a harbinger to a sure-to-come challenge to the Obergefell v. Hodges case - the one that legalized Gay Marriage using the 14th Amendment protections to do so. (The religious conservatives consider this JUST AS EGREGIOUS a "moral overstepping" as Roe v. Wade.)
2 - The assumption that outlawing gay activities in the US would make this website illegal is moot. Under US Law, this website is already illegal in many, many ways! And as that legal environment continues to change, the site owners (and staff) have made changes to our rules of behavior that are intended to help keep us "under the radar" of any enforcement... even though I highly doubt that this site is physically housed in the US, coming under attack in US Courts would be - let's just say, crushing.
3 - @raphjd's assertion that the student "broke the law" is absurd, but it follows from his common theme: people who agree with him are to be allowd the MAXIMUM freedoms to express themselves, while other, dissenting views, should be shut down. It is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT under the US Constitution for people to protest their Government. The Jan 6 protesters were all well-within their rights to protest... right up until they attacked and broke into the Capitol building! This student didn't break any laws - he just organized a student protest against a new law he thought was targeting he and others like him... and he wasn't wrong.
4 - the idea that all teachers are pushing a "gay agenda" on their students is hogwash and an overstatement of the problem, such as there is one, to a MASSIVE scale. YES, there are teachers who overstep their bounds, "get out of their lanes" - and they should be punished. But that doesn't mean typing the hands - and exposing everyone to frivolous litigation - is even a reasonable solution... UNLESS your goal is to enforce your own moral beliefs on all others. Sieg Heil! (And I thought the "culture wars" were over for the US after the 1980's and 1990s! Silly me!)
5 - the mere idea that you can "groom" someone into becoming gay or trans is a concept debunked in the 1950's! Ref: Kinsey & Associates). That it's being brought back up now is just "cover" for the fear and hate mongering of "people not like US" (In this case: US is code for: white, straight, christian MEN - you know, the people who built this country and that we should all be worshiping - right now!)BTW: @raphjd's "replacement" is awaiting entry into the UK right now. He is a black, African, Jew who will take his job, his house, and his lover... because they (people of color, people from poor countries, and non-Christians) are all superior to him in every way!
Or, at least that's what he's been programmed to believe!They're coming for you!
Ooga booga! (hands waving)
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Blah, blah, blah, is all our resident troll says
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@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:
Blah, blah, blah, is all our resident troll says
You sad, pathetic White Supremacist... you think I wrote that for you?
Narcissistic much? ROFL
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I do love useless trolls.
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Tinker v. Des Moines - Students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
More specifically:
In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students… are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect, just as they themselves must respect their obligations to the State. In our system, students may not be regarded as closed-circuit recipients of only that which the State chooses to communicate. They may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved. In the absence of a specific showing of constitutionally valid reasons to regulate their speech, students are entitled to freedom of expression of their views. -
Ah, so students can do whatever they want in the guise of "free speech".
The case you refer to was about banning students from wearing black armbands to protect against the Vietnam war.
It seems you selectively quoted from the ruling.
Schools can not ban "free speech" on fear or suspicion that it might disrupt the education process. HOWEVER, they can punish for activities that actually do disrupt the learning process and school order.
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@raphjd As an attorney that has practiced Constitutional Law, I appreciate @raphjd explaining it to me. I will inform Professor Erwin Chemerinsky that he needs to consult with you on the next edition of his Treatise.
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So, as an "expert", why did you not include the whole thing?
Hell, all I had to do was google the case and read the ACLU website on it, as the ACLU was the ones suing on behalf of the students.
Lets not forget that it was you who called me a liar and other names over that teen porn book being in schools, even as low as elementary schools. You never admitted you were wrong.
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@raphjd I seem to recall calling you a liar for posting a photoshopped photograph and refusing to acknowledge that you posted a fake photograph. Remember posting that fake photograph? Remember when you lied about it and refused to retract it?
