The shirt said, “My Day of Silence, Straight Alliance,” on the front and “Be happy, not gay” on the back
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By Tim Waldorf
Staff Writer
Bolingbrook Sun
Attorneys for a Neuqua Valley High School student from Bolingbrook fighting the school’s ruling that he cannot wear an anti-gay T-shirt are hoping the third time will be the charm.
Twice, Neuqua sophomore Alexander Nuxoll of Bolingbrook has filed for an injunction that would suspend “the school’s policy that allows speech in favor of homosexual conduct, but bans speech critical of homosexual conduct,” said his attorney, the Alliance Defense Fund’s Jonathan Scruggs.
And twice now courts have denied that request.
Now, Nuxoll and his legal counsel are set to seek an appeal of these decisions…
This case arose two years ago after Neuqua students’ varied recognitions of the annual Day of Silence, during which students are allowed to not talk throughout the school day unless doing so interferes with their grades. Sponsored by the school’s Gay/Straight Alliance, the day is intended to “echo” the silence that students who are gay face all the time. During the Day of Silence, students often wear written messages on shirts, buttons and stickers showing their support of peers who are gay.
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