US student loses court bid over prom policy
US student loses court bid over prom policy
A high school student from Atlanta, who had filed a federal lawsuit against his school, alleging that the administrators removed him as student body president after he proposed to make the prom more inclusive to LGBT students, has lost his case on the first day of hearing.
The twelve-page ruling, as reported a few hours ago in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, denied Reuben Lack’s request to be reinstated as student body president. Mr Lack had alleged that his removal violated his right to free speech and expression, motivated as he saw it, directly consequent to his gay-friendly policy.
U.S. District Judge Richard Story did commend the youth for his “zeal to change policy,” and also expressed concern over the timing of Lack’s removal, coming as it did just a month after his prom idea was announced.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/03/31/us-student-loses-court-bid-over-prom-policy/
