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Video: Michael Barth performs his poetry project (national free speech fight gender identity)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20140402/NEWS/140409670/1685#
Video: http://studio.omaha.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=91341&ndn.siteSection=omahalanding&ndn.videoId=25777588&freewheel=91341&sitesection=omahalanding&vid=25777588
Speech champ wins fight over project on gender identity
By Joe Dejka / World-Herald staff writer
A battle over free speech ended Wednesday with a dramatic finish.
Under pressure from free-speech advocates, the Nebraska School Activities Association backed down, allowing teen speech champion Michael Barth to perform his poetry presentation on gender identity.
The association's executive director had initially blocked Barth, a Gordon-Rushville High School senior, from giving the presentation for a television broadcast highlighting state champions from last week's speech contest.
Rhonda Blanford-Green, the executive director, said the association decided the presentation was inappropriate for the broadcast because people could perceive that the NSAA endorsed the content. It would invite controversy, she said.
FULL story at link.
Read the NSAA's statement: http://omaha.com/assets/pdf/OW1004642.PDF#read-the-nsaa-s-statement
