Re: School draws line at gun in photo, but senior fights back
Not Wayne Maynard, but Allan K. Lindsay-O'Neal
>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/10/10/school_draws_line_at_g
>un_in_photo_but_senior_fights_back/
>
>School draws line at gun in photo, but senior fights back
>
>By Susan Ware, Globe Correspondent | October 10, 2004
>
>LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- The photo shows a high school senior and the trappings
>of his hobby. And though its intended audience was simply the readers of
>the Londonderry High School yearbook, it has drawn the attention of the
>School Board, National Rifle Association, American Civil Liberties Union,
>and parents around town.
>
>On Tuesday, School Board officials will hold a hearing, where 17-year-old
>Blake Douglass, an avid trap shooter, will ask the board to overturn a
>school administration decision that prohibits the senior yearbook from
>printing a photo of him holding a trapshooting gun over his shoulder. If
>the prior decision stands, Douglass's lawyer said, she will sue.
>
>The School Board expects heavy attendance for the hearing, which will be
>carried on the local cable television-access station. In addition, a
>viewing room will be set up at the high school for overflow crowds.
>
>According to Superintendent Nate Greenburg, the picture violates the
>district's zero-tolerance policy regarding guns and violence.
>
>''No one is saying that skeet shooting is not a good sport," said
>Greenberg. ''But given the district's clear policy of zero tolerance, the
>picture would be out of context and therefore inappropriate."
>
>But Penny Dean, the Concord attorney representing Douglass, said the school
>district has no such policy and its refusal to print the picture is a
>violation of Douglass's First Amendment rights. Dean cited several photos
>that have run in previous yearbooks, showing students drinking alcohol or
>making lewd gestures.
>
>''We have a really huge problem here because the high school principal and
>superintendent just flat out hate guns. To them, guns are bad and they do
>not care about his rights," said Dean.
>
>The disagreement began early last month. At Londonderry High, students
>submit their own senior portraits to the yearbook at the beginning of the
>year, and student editors put together the yearbook throughout the school
>year.
>
>''Skeet shooting is a sport that I really enjoy with my family," Douglass
>said in an interview. ''Skeet shooting just happens to be a sport I
>participate in; it is no different than any other sport."
>
>When Douglass submitted the portrait, which was taken at a local studio, to
>the yearbook committee for review, the adviser told him that the picture
>might be rejected by the 10 student yearbook editors. According to
>Greenberg, the editors strongly debated whether to print the picture and
>reviewed 10 years of yearbooks and 3,658 senior photos. The editors decided
>it was inappropriate because of the school's zero-tolerance policy.
>
>Dean and the Douglass family have tried unsuccessfully to meet with
>Greenberg. Dean said that as a last resort, she will ask the five-member
>School Board on Tuesday to authorize the printing of the photo.
>
>If the School Board does not reverse the administration's decision, Dean is
>prepared to file suit against the school district. She said the suit would
>seek a court order for the district to print the picture, reimbursement to
>Douglass for all costs and fees, an injunction that will prevent the
>yearbook from being printed until the court renders a decision, and require
>the school district to draft a policy that addresses issues such as this.
>
>Dean estimates a lawsuit will cost the school district roughly $100,000,
>but funding does not appear to be a problem for her client. The National
>Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of New Hampshire have said they would
>fund Douglass's suit.
>
>''This is a case of political correctness run amok," said Kelly Hobbs, a
>spokeswoman for the NRA. ''It is a clear violation of his First Amendment
>rights."
>
>Greenberg said the school district does not keep an attorney on retainer,
>and is paying Matthew Upton of Concord at an hourly rate to handle legal
>issues related to the Douglass case. The district has insurance to cover
>monetary damages that may be awarded in a lawsuit.
It's mind boggling how much some time and energy of you obsessives spend
on compiling these lame epistles. Is this all your life is about?
Christopher Morton
Lindsay-O'Neal" <anti...@large.com> wrote:
>It's mind boggling how much some time and energy of you obsessives spend
>on compiling these lame epistles. Is this all your life is about?
Is child molestation all that your life is about?
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> It's mind boggling how much some time and energy of you obsessives spend
> on compiling these lame epistles. Is this all your life is about?
Wayne, it's your life we're working on here, not anybody else's.