Protect Your Freedom of Speech
On May 27, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Liam Morrison’s case. Alliance Defending Freedom will continue to defend the rights of students to speak freely on important issues of the day without government censorship.
Who is Liam?
As a middle-school student in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Liam was punished by his school for wearing a t-shirt that says, “There are only two genders.”
Why what happened to Liam matters
Students don’t forfeit their free speech when they walk into school. It’s not just about a t-shirt—it’s about government officials telling a middle-schooler that he can’t say something that’s true just because they disapprove of what he said. That’s not freedom.
The school actively promotes its view about gender through posters and “Pride” events, and it encourages students to wear clothing with messages on the same topic—so long as that clothing expresses the school’s preferred views on the subject.
That’s not freedom. It’s censorship.
And if the government can silence Liam, it can silence any student about any important subject.
The school’s actions violate important freedoms
All students have the constitutional right to peacefully express their views without having to fear being pressured or punished by school officials. The Constitution says they can’t be forced out of the classroom for exercising their rights.
That’s why Alliance Defending Freedom and the Massachusetts Family Institute appealed Liam’s case to the U.S. Supreme Court. But the Supreme Court decided not to hear the case, leaving in place a lower court ruling which denied Liam his constitutional rights.
Defending free speech matters. While this is the end of Liam’s case, it is not the end of the story for free speech. Your help will ensure everyone’s free speech rights have a strong legal defense.
Your gift today helps ensure that clients like Liam don’t have to pay a dime for legal representation in court—that’s critical, especially in cases like Liam’s which can take years to see through.
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We need your help now so more people like Liam can receive FREE legal assistance—and so your freedoms have a steady defense.
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