ROADS BLOCKED OFF IN THE AREA,
AND AT THIS POINT NO ONE HAS
BEEN HURT, WE WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED.> A CUPCAKE
CONTROVERSY HAS FLARED UP IN
NORWOOD AND I SCHOOL AND HAS
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE
ACLU.
GOOD EVENING, THE CUPCAKES WERE
GIVEN OUT BY A STUDENT GROUP,
AND THEY DELIVERED A PRO-LIFE
ANTIABORTION MESSAGE.
NOW THE ACLU SAYS ALL
STUDENTS GROUPS SHOULD BE ABLE
TO PROMOTE POLITICAL MESSAGES.
OF PAUL MARTINO'S LIVE NEAR THE
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE
CONTROVERSY PICKED UP.
Reporter: YEAH, THESE CUPCAKES
WERE HANDED OUT YESTERDAY, IT
WAS A NATIONAL PRO-LIFE CUPCAKE
A DAY, NOR WHEN I SCHOOL
ALLOWED A STUDENT GROUP TO HAND
THEM OUT, BUT NOW OTHER STUDENT
GROUPS FEAR THEY WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED TO SPREAD THEIR
POLITICAL MESSAGE.
THE ACLU IS SAYING, IF THAT
HAPPENS, IT WOULD BE A
CONSTITUTIONAL NO-NO.
FREE CUPCAKES ARE NORMALLY
WELCOMED ANYWHERE, BUT SOME
STUDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE
MESSAGE.
EACH CUPCAKE IS FOR A CHILD WHO
DOES NOT GET TO CELEBRATE A
BIRTHDAY BECAUSE OF ABORTION.
THE ACLU HAS NO PROBLEM WITH
THE MESSAGE, BUT WARNS --
IF THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO
ALLOW THIS CLUB TO PUT OUT NOT
JUST THE CUPCAKES, BUT WHAT IS
REALLY A POLITICAL MESSAGE, AND
DISTRIBUTE THEM IN SCHOOL, THE
LAW IS VERY CLEAR THAT EVERY
OTHER STUDENT GROUP IN THE
SCHOOL HAS THE SAME RIGHTS.
THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT HE IS
OKAY WITH THE PRO-LIFE MESSAGE,
SAYING THE STUDENTS
PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL
PRO-LIFE CUPCAKE A DAY AS THEY
DO ANNUALLY.
THE CLUB RECEIVED PERMISSION
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
TO DISTRIBUTE CUPCAKES AND THE
ATTACHED FLYER TO STUDENTS.
BUT ONE STUDENT COMPLAINED THAT
THE SCHOOL FOR BIDSAND LESBIAN
STUDENTS FROM HAVING AN LGBT
CLUB, INSTEAD THEY MUST CALL IT
THE DIVERSITY CLUB.
APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME
FORM OF LGBT CLUB THAT WAS NOT
ALLOWED TO CALL ITSELF WHAT
THEY WANTED.
THAT IS A VIOLATION.
THE SCHOOL DENIES PREVENTING
AN LGBTQ CLUB, THEY SAY IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN THE DIVERSITY CLUB.
BUT IT'S REMINISCENT OF THE
CASE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN
THE ACLU SUED THE MICKEYS BOARD
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW OF
BLACK STUDENT UNION.
LCA YOU THAT ACLU PREVAILED.
IT'S ABOUT LEARNING WHAT
CITIZENSHIP MEANS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE NO
PENDING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE
NORWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT
THE ACLU IS PUTTING THEM ON
NOTICE.
IF THEY HAVE A /STRAIGHT CLUB,
OR A DEMOCRATIC CLUB, PRO-
CHOICE CLUB, ALL OF THESE CLUBS
NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLICLY
