School Wants to Take 'Boobies' Bracelet Fight to Supreme Court
Can you imagine Antonin Scalia saying “boobies” over and over and over? If one Pennsylvania school gets its way, you won’t have to imagine it. The Easton Area School District board voted 7-1 last night to take its ban on breast cancer charity bracelets that say “I heart boobies"I to the Supreme Court, the AP reports. In August, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the school could not ban these bracelets categorically, because they are “not plainly lewd and because they comment on a social issue.” The school rule was challenged in 2010 by teenagers Brianna Hawk and Kayla Martinez (with help from the ACLU), who testified that they merely hoped to raise breast cancer awareness at their school — and, presumably, write the best college essay ever.
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Here where I work and at other local hospitals, we have very active breastcare centers. We also have fairly high breast cancer rates. So, locally, this issue (breast cancer) is something that most people are aware of, and supportive of finding cures for. There are loads of fund-raisers to assist with personal support to assist in paying bills whilepatients are struggling with the loss of a job, or while on extended sick time, to funding research. And, bracelets, t-shirts and bumper stickers are forms used to raise funds and awareness. This past year "Save The Ta-Ta's" was seen virtually everywhere. And, concerning the age issue, we've had some kids in our breastcare center having biopsies. The thing about "forty and over" is crap. Breast cancer can strike at any age.....
Idunno.... maybe it's me.
