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Can a school's dress code keep us from wearing T-shirts that have certain slogans or messages on them?
When a school's dress code is used to ban clothes because they have certain slogans, then it really becomes an issue of free speech and not just personal appearance. The school should not ban any slogans unless they are libelous, obscene or somehow very disruptive.
Some schools try to use their dress code to prohibit students from wearing T-shirts which advertise certain beer companies. The school officials argue that these T-shirts encourage drinking and since underage drinking is prohibited by state law and school rules, the students shouldn't be able to wear the shirts. The problem with this argument is that it doesn't make the distinction between speech (having a beer slogan on a T-shirt) and conduct (students drinking beer). When they argue that wearing such T-shirts is the same as actually drinking beer, they ignore the basic principles of freedom of speech. The problems......

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