Really? I have to thank the News Journal for this rose-colored nip. Is school the appropriate place to love your breasts? Is it less approppriate to love your "boobies?" What if it's in the name of breast cancer awareness?
Laramie, Wyoming school officials are taking on the mammaries, the bazongas, and the jugs as they are challenged to balance a dress code with the right to free speech. Will the bee stings triumph? or will the puppies be caged? Read on to find out...
Cancer bracelets raise debate over school codes
By BOB MOEN • Associated Press • October 15, 2010
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A $4 rubber bracelet meant to raise breast cancer awareness has done that and more: Students nationwide are wearing the "I (heart) boobies" wristbands, and running afoul of school administrators.
Schools from California to Florida have banned the bracelets because they believe the "boobies" language is inappropriate.
The bracelets are marketed by a California-based nonprofit created to raise breast cancer awareness among youth. The Keep A Breast Foundation has sold 2 million of the bracelets so far, with the money going to breast cancer research and education programs.
The group believes a bracelet with a catchy, envelope-pushing slogan such as "I (heart) boobies" is a better way to teach kids about breast cancer than more traditional methods like pink ribbons...
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20101015/NATIONAL/101015008/Cancer+bracelets+raise+debate+over+school+codes
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