An Oregon school district voted Tuesday to ban Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ and other 'political' signs, flags and articles of clothing from their campuses.
"This feels so draconian ... this feels so anti-everything," one board member said. "Anti-free speech, anti-free expression, anti-safety."An Oregon school district voted Tuesday to ban Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ and other"political" signs, flags and articles of clothing from their campuses.
"This feels so draconian ... this feels so anti-everything," Penner said."Anti-free speech, anti-free expression, anti-safety." “The quality of some of the stories that we heard should count more than just the number of emails that we received,” said Peña, who was wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt and rainbow headband during the virtual meeting. “And I feel like that’s not being heard. The students are not being heard.”
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