Students suspended over T-shirts

"If I were Hispanic, Gay, Black or Asian, would you still be friends with me? Everyone is different. End the hate."

That was the slogan on the T-shirts that Maria Rosenberg and Gary McLain wore to their New Jersey high school. The school responded by suspending the students for two days.

After the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey got involved, the suspensions were dropped and the student's records were expunged. (source)

Follow-up story

After two days of absence, Gary McLain Jr.'s return to school yesterday felt like a victory. "You would have thought I came home from a war," McLain said. "I got like a hero's welcome."

The junior at Pinelands Regional High School in Little Egg Harbor was suspended along with Maria Rosenberg for shirts they wore that read, "If I were" on the front, and "gay would you still be friends with me?" on the back. The back also read: "Everyone is different. End the hate."

Other students wore several similar shirts, which used the words "Asian," "Hispanic" or "Black" in place of "gay" but apparently were not suspended. (source)

Isn't it interesting that the students who wore similar shirts without the word "gay" on them did not get suspended?