Suit was filed last week in a Vermont federal district court by a 14-year old student and her father, a school soccer coach, contending that their free speech and due process rights were violated when the school disciplined them for remarks they made criticizing a transgender female's use of the girl's locker room. The daughter's remarks were made to friends in a French class. The father made his remarks in a Facebook post. The controversy escalated and was covered by a local TV station. The complaint (full text) in Allen v. Millington, (D VT, filed 10/27/2022), alleges in part:
The First Amendment does not countenance this kind of government censorship, where a public school mandates that students and coaches refrain from expressing any view that offends its prescribed views....This case presents a textbook example of unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, and Plaintiffs are entitled to all appropriate relief.
ADF issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
