Here's one more example of lack of common sense among school officials. No wonder American students are ignorant of basic skills. The owner of Chick-fil-A gave money supporting a ballot initiative to ban same sex marriage. It is his personal view, not the view of the corporation. This is an example of punishing an individual for exercising his First Amendment rights. As a public official that act violates the First Amendment and offends the notion of free speech. The concept of free speech and the purpose of the First Amendment is to protect offensive speech, speech that you hate. Censoring speech because it may offend a person is exactly why it was included in the Bill of Rights. Who arranged this, FLOTUS?
[From article]
A Ventura County high school principal has barred a booster club fromselling
a popular fast-food sandwich on campus because of the chain’s position on gay marriage.Ventura High School Principal Val Wyatt told the Ventura County Star that the football booster club could not sell Chick-fil-A sandwiches at Wednesday’s back-to-school night because the restaurant’s beliefs could offend some students
and their parents.“With their political stance on gay rights and because the students of Ventura High School and their parents would be at the event, I didn’t want them on campus,” Wyatt told the newspaper.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/09/11/chick-fil-a-banned-from-ventura-high-school-campus-over-stand-on-gay-marriage/
Chick-fil-A Banned From Ventura High School Campus Over Stand On Gay Marriage
September 11, 2014 5:40 PM
CBS News Los Angeles CA
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