Mothers sue school for banning their daughters from wearing "I Love Boobies" bracelets
In a protest reminiscent of the ban the bra movement of the 1960's, two well built mothers picketed their daughters' middle school naked from their waists up. A crowd of about 800, mainly male spectators quickly gathered to support the womens' cause.
One of the protesting moms, who works for Victoria's Secret part time without its knowledge, is shown above taking a break from picketing. She has been invited to do interviews with 18 heads of state in Africa and South America.
One man, claiming to be a medical doctor, offered to demonstrate a hands-on mammary examination of the moms to check for any suspicious lumps in the womens' breasts. He was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a medical professional and held without bail pending a hearing set for Feb. 16, 2011. The judge, a woman, was unsympathetic to the man's plea that he was only offering to perform a public service by feeling the womens' breasts. He even offered a free examination to the judge, who sentenced him to 90 days for contempt of court.
Meanwhile, the six male and one female school board was called out by the school superintendent to witness the demonstration in their capacity as school trustees. In a special meeting after witnessing the demonstration, school trustees voted 7 to 0 not to take any action to prevent the women from demonstrating. One trustee observed that in another month or so the women would lose their enthusiasm when their tits were freezing off. The lone female board member reminded him that the appropriate term was "boob" not "tit."
Two or three of the male trustees and the female lesbian trustee indicated they planned to return to the school to refresh their memories in case the matter goes to trial. One of the trustee's planned to take a video camera along because, as he noted, "a picture is worth a 1,000 boobs,..uhh...words."
The two girls had their parents' permission to wear the bracelets but soon found themselves in the principal's office at Easton Area Middle School, the lawsuit states. They were also banned from school dances for a month because their boobs could come in contact with their dance partners. It was not immediately clear which boobs were being referred to, the bracelet boobs or the real thing.
"The First Amendment does not allow schools to censor students' speech merely because some students and teachers are offended by the non-vulgar educational message, and silencing the speakers because other students may react inappropriately would amount to a constitutionally impermissible heckler's veto," the ACLU said in the suit.
"Seeing a bracelet with 'I Love Boobies!' on it is a conversation starter that leads to discussion and awareness of issues affecting young people," the lawsuit said. It also can lead to some more interesting comments.
In discussions between the two sides before the lawsuit was filed, district officials complained the bracelets made some people uncomfortable and had prompted some boys to make inappropriate comments, the suit said. Duh! High School boys making inappropriate comments? That's virtually unheard of. Teen aged boys are docile and obedient.
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