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Next Stop for 'Boobies' Bracelets: Supreme Court?

Pa. school board votes to appeal federal court decision

(Newser) - The court battle between two girls and their Pennsylvania school over "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets could be settled by the US Supreme Court. The Easton Area School District board voted 7-1 last night to appeal a federal appeals court's decision that rejected its claim the bracelets are...

Boobies Bracelets Are No Way to Beat Cancer

Time, effort, money could be used more wisely

(Newser) - When a federal judge sided with the Pennsylvania students who wore "I ♥ Boobies!" bracelets to school , that was "score one for free speech," writes Peggy Orenstein in the Los Angeles Times . But the score for breast cancer? Zero. These "sexy" breast cancer awareness campaigns...

Judge Backs 'Boobies' Bracelets

School can't ban breast cancer bracelets, judge decides

(Newser) - It's OK for middle school students to wear bracelets proclaiming "I (heart) boobies!"—at least in the context of breast cancer awareness, a federal judge has decided. The popular fundraising bracelets "can reasonably be viewed as speech designed to raise awareness of breast cancer and to...

Middle-Schoolers Sue Over 'Boobies' Bracelet Ban

Girls were suspended; ACLU joins the fight

(Newser) - The popular "I (heart) boobies!" bracelets may be silly—but that doesn't mean students should be suspended for wearing them, the ACLU asserts. The organization helped two middle-schoolers file a lawsuit against their district yesterday after the $4 bracelets, meant to promote breast cancer awareness, got them suspended,...

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