Concerning offending someone, both the legal brief and one of the bloggers had it correct; a school cannot cry “offensive” for one message but overlook the offensiveness of another. Although we, as a society, are too easily offended by everything, anyway (witness the “Happy Holidays” controversy), if we are going to cry “tolerance,” then both sides need to be tolerance, not just the “other side”; if we are going to cry “equal rights,” then those rights need to apply to everyone, not just the prevailing political correct wind of doctrine; and if we are going to have a free nation of free-thinkers and intelligent discourse, then we must uphold the constitutionally protected rights for everyone to engage in free speech, regardless of whom it offends.

Remember: the speech of America’s founders offended the King, the Parliament, and approximately one third of the colonists (who were “loyalists”). These same “offensive” people wrote the First Amendment into the constitution; they knew some people would be offended by the speech of others, but they also knew that democracy depended on everyone being able to speak freely his or her own mind, opinions, and beliefs. Christian, Muslim, atheist, homosexual, heterosexual, or asexual - all are entitled to the same freedoms of speech; it’s about time the schools and society recognized that.

These people are fighting in federal court to allow their 17 old daughter, Heidi, to wear a shirt saying “Be happy, not gay”. Do they think they are godly? What kind of lesson is it to teacher your child hate and in intolerance? If they wish to make their simple mind views public I think everybody should know and be able to respond to them!

It’s not hate to be against same-sex diversity intolerance and to promote the gender-inclusive sex equality and diversity of man + woman.

Shouldn’t everyone be inclusive and diversity oriented like woman + man in straight heterosexuality?