That is one, extremely stupid law. The furry thing is fairly well addressed here but that is really problematic conceptually. When they say "the following concepts or activities have been advocated or tolerated" does that mean by a school itself or just a teacher or even a pupil? If it's anything other than the school's official position, that would ridiculously broad.
This is also an issue from a free speech perspective because that law is not viewpoint neutral. It's listed specific views that are unacceptable. That's not okay from anyone; banning positive messages about oil and coal would be just as bad. Even if it's not restricting what the school can say exactly, it'll likely run afoul of the First Amendment since it's very clearly intending to prevent certain views from being expressed.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
That is one, extremely stupid law. The furry thing is fairly well addressed here but that is really problematic conceptually. When they say "the following concepts or activities have been advocated or tolerated" does that mean by a school itself or just a teacher or even a pupil? If it's anything other than the school's official position, that would ridiculously broad.
This is also an issue from a free speech perspective because that law is not viewpoint neutral. It's listed specific views that are unacceptable. That's not okay from anyone; banning positive messages about oil and coal would be just as bad. Even if it's not restricting what the school can say exactly, it'll likely run afoul of the First Amendment since it's very clearly intending to prevent certain views from being expressed.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~