A
brave young lady named Dariana Rudd and her friends have faced
down to the administrators of her school in South Point, Ohio
and won back their Constitutional right to free speech.
Following is the sequence of events starting with Dariana's
initial email to Dixie Outfitters:
comment: I
need to know how it's possible for a school to tell me that im
not allowed to wear any kind of clothing that has a confederate
flag on it. The name of the school is South Point High its
located in South Point, Ohio.
This has never been a problem before... please help me!
2. I will
forward your email to Kirk Lyons at the Southern Legal
Resource Center. This group will provide legal assistance and
advice at
no cost to you. Please send a follow up email to Kirk Lyons at :
kdl@slrc-csa.org.
Go to :
http://www.slrc-csa.org/ This group specializes in
helping
students who have been denied heir freedom of expression
especially
when it involves their Southern heritage.
3. I will
forward your email (without your contact information) but
complete with your school administrators contact information to
two
email newsletter groups. The readers of these newsletter groups
will
write letters and take individual actions as they see fit to
support
your right to wear symbols of your Southern heritage.
Please stay
in touch and let us here at Dixie Outfitters know how the
fight to protect your freedom of expression is going.
Thanks for your email, your support of Dixie Outfitters and your
willingness to fight for your FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
Best
Regards, Dewey Barber
From: dariana1350
Date: September 6, 2005 3:41:34 PM EDT
I took the
papers to school, a few of my friends also went with me. We
all decided to wear the shirts and refuse to take them off.
When I
showed the papers about 10 minutes after walking out of the
office into
my home room, an announcement came over the PA system stating
that we
were allowed to wear our shirts because if not, it went against
our
freedom of speech.
Thank you so much for responding, it helped a lot.
We at Dixie
Outfitters are very proud of you for standing up and
fighting for your Southern heritage and your first amendment
rights.
You and your friends are an inspiration to all those who have
been
denied their Constitutional right to freedom of expression and
their
right to be proud of who they are. I'm sure your example will
help
other students as they struggle with their liberal, politically
correct school administrators for their rights.
May God
bless and Keep You.
Sincerely, Dewey Barber
