Jan 11, 2006 / 22:00 pm
A federal judge has ruled that a high school principal cannot prohibit a student from wearing his pro-life shirt in school.
Judge Elfvin of the Western District of New York signed a permanent injunction ordering Fillmore Central High School, located in Fillmore, N.Y., to allow the student to wear his pro-life shirt to school.
The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., represented the student, assisted by the American Catholic Lawyers Association, which acted as local counsel.
“The ruling is clear — public schools don’t have the right to silence the pro-life speech of students,” said Richard Thompson, chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center.