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For now, it’s no go for the Hunt High queer guy. From an AP report via Yahoo! News: RALEIGH, N.C.–A judge Tuesday rejected a gay teenager’s bid to campaign for student body president with posters billing himself as the “Queer Guy for Hunt High.” Jarred Gamwell had enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties […]

For now, it’s no go for the Hunt High queer guy. From an AP report via Yahoo! News:

RALEIGH, N.C.–A judge Tuesday rejected a gay teenager’s bid to campaign for student body president with posters billing himself as the “Queer Guy for Hunt High.”

Jarred Gamwell had enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union after the principal of James B. Hunt High School removed the posters last week.

Without comment, Wilson County Superior Court Judge Dwight Cranford denied the ACLU’s request for an order forcing administrators to allow Gamwell to use posters with gay references, including one that read “Gay Guys Know Everything!”

School officials said the decision had nothing to do with Gamwell’s homosexuality but was aimed at controlling speech that could be disruptive to the learning atmosphere.

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