EXETER, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire student-athlete is suing his school district after he was suspended from a football game for allegedly expressing his views that there are “only two genders.”
The Portsmouth Herald reports that the lawsuit filed last week said that the suspension in September was in violation of the student’s constitutional right to free speech and the New Hampshire Bill of Rights because he expressed his religious beliefs. The plaintiff is also aiming to prohibit enforcing Exeter High School’s gender-nonconforming student’s policy because of what he says is its infringement on his First Amendment rights.
School administrators say they are aware of the lawsuit.
Darklighter10 on November 14th, 2021 at 07:06 UTC »
For those that didn’t read all the articles, I just want to point out it appears this argument started over Spanish language nouns and someone challenging the use of only two gendered noun forms. And now somehow we are here. Carry on.
nith_wct on November 14th, 2021 at 03:48 UTC »
The problem for the school is that they appear to have suspended him for the text conversation, not the original comment. The right to free speech outside of school without punishment has been affirmed by the supreme court. Unless they were suspended solely for the comment on the bus, they are completely out of line, whatever you think about his comments.
F-O-O-M on November 14th, 2021 at 02:36 UTC »
This article gives more detail… https://apnews.com/article/sports-new-hampshire-portsmouth-football-lawsuits-05abc04a832288e132717f9c27c871ea