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Chicago Board Education Sued - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 14th May, 2007 - 7:43pm
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For showing R rated movie "Brokeback Mountain"
Chicago Board Of Education Sued
Do you agree with the decision of the grandparents of this girl in 8th grade to sue the Chicago board of Education? They are asking 500,000US in damages.
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| CHICAGO - A girl and her grandparents have sued the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that a substitute teacher showed the R-rated film "Brokeback Mountain" in class. The lawsuit claims that Jessica Turner, 12, suffered psychological distress after viewing the movie in her 8th grade class at Ashburn Community Elementary School last year. The film, which won three Oscars, depicts two cowboys who conceal their homosexual affair. Turner and her grandparents, Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, are seeking around $500,000 in damages. "It is very important to me that my children not be exposed to this," said Kenneth Richardson, Turner's guardian. "The teacher knew she was not supposed to do this." According to the lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court, the video was shown without permission from the students' parents and guardians... |
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