A ex-cheerleader punished for refusing to cheer for a basketball player who allegedly sexually attacked her is taking her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal appeals court ruled that it was disruptive to the school for her to abandon her duties to cheer when she voluntarily agreed to the job.
The ex-cheerleader is arguing that silence was not disruptive, and there was no legitimate educational purpose in forcing her to cheer for her attacker. -db
From a commentary for the First Amendment Center, March 3, 2011, by David L. Hudson Jr.