Word: zamecnik
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...Heidi Zamecnik's "Be Happy, Not Gay" T shirt sent a clear and disenfranchising message to homosexual youth that they are not O.K. This is not the kind of dialogue that should take place in an academic environment. I'd bet that Heidi's intolerance comes from parental influence. If her parents feel so strongly about the issue, perhaps they should enroll their daughter in a parochial school, where church doctrine would dictate academic policy...
...typical ADF case involves a student prevented from singing a religious song, distributing antiabortion pamphlets or, most recently, wearing an anti-gay T shirt at school. In a case decided last month, the organization's lawyers represented Heidi Zamecnik, 17, a senior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Ill., a suburb southwest of Chicago. Zamecnik wanted to wear a T shirt that said BE HAPPY, NOT GAY on the day after students observed a Day of Silence in support of gay rights. The school said she could wear a shirt opposing homosexuality, but one with a less derogatory message...