I disagree with the ruling because the student was off the school property. If they had been on school grounds while holding the sign they would be in violation of school policies. I believe if someone has something to say and they follow the legal outlines they should be allowed to say it. The student was not disrupting any event, only stating a phrase. This phrase could be taken many different ways depending on the reader. In no way was it promoting illegal drug use. There was no profanity in this sign only touchy subjects like religion mixed with drug lingo. Bong hits don’t exactly mean marijuana smoking. The bong is a water pipe sold for smoking tobacco. For all I know this guy wanted Jesus to smoke some tobacco. Also Jesus can be a very common name in Mexico so maybe he wanted Jesus to smoke tobacco.
The common sense reaction of the student should to have been to take down the sign once the administrator asked. They had their fun and got whatever point across they were trying too.
Personally this whole thing was a waste of tax-payer money and time for such a minor issue. Just goes to show what happens when strong egos get in the middle of a dispute. Next time hopefully someone will use good judgment and come to a mutual agreement so all the time and money is not used in waste.
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