American Civil Liberties Union attorneys lost their fight Tuesday to let a North Carolina teenager campaign for student body president with posters describing himself as the "Queer Guy for Hunt High." Seventeen-year-old Jarred Gamwell enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union in his effort to reverse a principal's decision last week that removed two gay-themed posters from the halls of Wilson's James B. Hunt Jr. High School. Judge Dwight Cranford of Wilson County Superior Court denied the ACLU's request on Tuesday without comment.
Well, I can't say that I'm even vaguely surprised that he lost. It was what I thought would happen. I'm not even surprised that the judge declined to comment; after all, that would mean defending an indefensible governmental restraint on speech, and why would any judge want to wade into that morass over a high school student election.
I don't suppose that the ACLU can or would continue with the case at this point. Since the election is over, the specific issue at hand is severely moot, and there would be no appropriate remedy.
Posted by iain at April 28, 2004 04:59 PM
