School makes Black Lives Matter official speech to protect against dissenting views
Print this article The Rochester Public Schools Board in Minnesota approved Black Lives Matter messaging under protected “government speech,” which officials say protects the school from being held liable for allowing those views while not allowing dissenting opinions. “[By] adopting the messages that you’re adopting as government speech, you’re saying these are the messages that we’re communicating as a school district, and by doing that, we’re not also creating a forum to allow other types of speech to enter the forum,” the school board’s attorney, John Edison, said. The ...