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El Exigente
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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 Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:47 am Post subject: S against breast CA suspended for "I heart boobies" |
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Rocklin "I heart boobies" bracelet controversy leads to boy's suspension
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ROCKLIN, CA - A Rocklin High School sophomore faces disciplinary action for wearing a controversial bracelet that proclaims "I heart boobies," then refusing to turn it over to school officials.
Hunter Cooper, 15, said he wore the bracelet since the first day of school. His mother gave it to him after she picked it up from a doctor's office. For five months before that, he had the pink survivor bracelet from Susan G. Komen. Then last Friday, school officials spotted him with the black "boobies" bracelet and asked him to remove it.
"I'm wearing it in honor of my grandmother," said Cooper, who said his grandmother died before he was born. "I don't see it as an offensive thing at all."
The black bracelet with white lettering also trumpets other slogans, such as "wearing breast," "save the breast" and "keep a breast." |
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Sergio Stefanuto
Joined: 14 May 2009
Location: UK
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| Oh Jesus, not this crap again, please. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| If boobies reminds him of his dead grandmother, then he's got issues. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Reminds me of celebrity Jeopardy on SNL. |
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El Exigente
Joined: 10 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| If boobies reminds him of his dead grandmother, then he's got issues. |
His grandmother died of breast cancer, and he sure does have issues, the biggest one being getting suspended for wearing an innocuous bracelet by people who believe that the word "boobies" will cause an uncontrollable rape epidemic among his fellow high schoolers or some such nonsense. |
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Abe Scrap
Joined: 01 May 2011
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| Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 4:21 am Post subject: |
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If we were to ban everything that 12-14-year-old boys find distracting, would anything be left?
U.S. judge sides with girls in �I (heart) Boobies� case
April 12, 2011|By Robert Moran, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that, when it comes to breast-cancer awareness, it's OK for middle school students to say they love "boobies."
The free-speech decision was a victory for two girls who got in trouble for defying a ban at Easton Area Middle School on wearing bracelets that said "I (heart) Boobies! (Keep A Breast)."
"The bracelets are intended to be and they can reasonably be viewed as speech designed to raise awareness of breast cancer and to reduce the stigma associated with openly discussing breast health," U.S. District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin wrote in a 40-page memorandum.
Her order prohibits the district from "suspending, threatening to suspend, or otherwise punishing or disciplining the plaintiffs from wearing the bracelets."
The district's attorney, John E. Freund III, said he was disappointed by the ruling but had yet to confer with the school board about a possible appeal.
"It is inconceivable that the court did not recognize that the bracelets were meant to titillate," Freund said, noting that a porn actress had sought to associate herself with the bracelets and that truck stops were interested in selling them.
He added, "There's no group more distractible than 12- to 14-year-old middle school boys."
Carl W. Hittinger, the lawyer representing the two girls, could not be reached for comment.
Brianna Hawk, 13, and Kayla Martinez, 12, had been wearing the bracelets since the beginning of the school year when school officials decided to ban them, asserting that the slogan was a lewd double entendre.
On Oct. 28 - Breast Cancer Awareness Day - both girls were suspended a day and a half for wearing them to school.
Angela DiVietro, principal of Easton Area Middle School, testified at a December hearing that the bracelets could encourage sexual harassment.
The bracelets are distributed by the nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation, which promotes breast-cancer awareness among young women under 30.
"We're extremely excited by the judge's decision," said Kimmy McAtee, marketing manager for the foundation, based in Carlsbad, Calif.
The foundation, which has a number of celebrity supporters, including singer Katy Perry, rejected the porn actress' request to market the bracelets, as well as inquiries by truck stops to sell them. |
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