Southern Poverty Law Center Suing Tuscaloosa County, AL On Behalf of Gay Teen

The Tuscaloosa County Board of Education is being threatened with a lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is ordering the district “to stop its censorship of speech supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and its prohibition against same-sex couples at the prom” according to the Tuscaloosa News.

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Southern Poverty Law Center Suing Tuscaloosa County, AL On Behalf of Gay Teen

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