Moms Sue School Over Girls' Bracelet Ban: ; Daughters Suspended for Wearing Breast Cancer Awareness Bands That Read 'I (Heart) Boobies!'

Charleston Daily Mail › November 16, 2010

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PHILADELPHIA - Two mothers filed a free-speech lawsuit Monday against a Pennsylvania school district that suspended their daughters for wearing the popular "I (heart) boobies!" bracelets.

The American Civil Liberties Union believes the lawsuit is the first in the country over a school's ban on the bracelets, which are designed to raise breast-cancer awareness among young people. The rubber jewelry has become wildly popular among students, prompting bans across the country.

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Moms Sue School Over Girls' Bracelet Ban: ; Daughters Suspended for Wearing Breast Cancer Awareness Bands That Read 'I (Heart) Boobies!'

School officials in Easton argue that the slogan is distracting and demeaning, and that some staff feel it trivializes a serious illness....

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