Mon May 29, 2023 – 5:33 pm EDT
MIDDLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts (LifeSiteNews) – A Massachusetts family is suing the middle school that in March sent their 12-year-old son home for wearing a shirt that stated, “there are only two genders.”
On May 19, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Massachusetts Family Institute filed a lawsuit against the town of Middleborough and John T. Nichols, Jr. Middle School on behalf of 12-year-old Liam Morrison and his family.
“The Constitution protects this freedom to differ, in part, by prohibiting the government from adopting and enforcing a set of approved views on these matters in America’s public schools,” the lawsuit states.
After the incident, Liam spoke to the school board asking why his First Amendment right to freedom of speech had been restricted.
“I was told that people were complaining about the words on my shirt, that my shirt was making some students feel unsafe,” Liam recalled. “Yes, words on a shirt made people feel unsafe. They told me that I wasn’t in trouble, but it sure felt like I was.”
“What did my shirt say? Five simple words: ‘There are only two genders.’ Nothing harmful, nothing threatening. Just a statement
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