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To: Neocon who wrote (43780)	2/6/2002 11:44:54 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) of 82486

The Columbine High School (site of school shootings) ceramic tile project was designed to help the healing process. Parents and students were invited to design tiles for the project. Lawsuits have held the project up since its inception. Parents initiated a lawsuit as a result of the school district administration's decision to exclude tiles that carried religious themes from the project. "Parents sued the district, contending the exclusion of their tiles is an impermissible violation of their free speech rights. A U.S. District Court Judge has ruled in their favor." School district officials appealed that decision claiming that if they had allowed the tiles with religious themes mandated by freedom of speech laws they would also have to allow gang grafitti, severed heads, or nazi insignias. The lawyer for the parents blew the case by agreeing that these violent tile themes should also be allowed. The religious tiles were consistent with the general purposes of the project whereas the violent tiles were not. The school has adopted a nuetrality stand on tile themes which seems to me to totally defeat the initial intent. You?? thedenverpost.com

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