[thecavemaster]

Most schools do have a rule that students are forbidden from wearing anything considered "disruptive". What exactly constitutes "disruptive" then becomes a judgment call. I'm not necessarily saying that the officials were wrong in this case. If, in their mind, they felt the shirt would disrupt the learning environment, then they did the right thing. It's hard to say they did wrong when the rule is completely based on someone's interpretation of said rule.

My comment was more directed at the media response. I firmly believe that had the shirt been anti-McCain, then the national media would have ripped the school officials for restricting the child's free speech. Instead, since the shirt was anti-Obama, the parents are the ones being ripped.

"John McCain has Alzheimers...vote Obama." I think that shirt meets with the dress code and loses. It is offensive. It is insensitive. It is inflammatory. However, if a student wears a shirt that says, "I support gay marriage," or "I support the Iraq war," the situation becomes far more slippery.