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Originally Posted by Seaver
Yes, but the church does not take large amounts of money from the government. Churches are allowed to only allow certain races, or only one sex, or only red haired, or whatever the heck they want to enter. Why? Because they are a PRIVATE group that does not take public money.
Public schools can not do this because they take public government money thus need to follow ALL of the rules.
I'm not saying this girl was totally right, read my posts earlier. She should have gone about the right ways before the prom. But the court rulings have stated that freedom of speech is allowed in school therefore they must be allowed no matter whos feelings get hurt.
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I'm not sure what kind of government money you envision schools obtain.
You seem to be linking your discourse of federal rights on the hinge that schools receive federal funding.
Schools are funded by local dollars. The money they receive is based on local property taxes, which is why there are such large discrepancies between schools located in poor, urban regions versus those in wealthier, suburban areas.
While there are some programs that purport to provide additional financial support, such as, No child left behind and magnet programs, they are not how schools derive their funding.