What are students’ rights regarding wearing clothing with religious messages?
The United States Constitution prevents any representative of a public school from censoring religious messages on students’ clothing. According to the Secretary’s Statement on Religious Expression, “students may display religious messages on items of clothing to the same extent that they are allowed to display other comparable messages. Religious messages may not be singled out for suppression, but rather are subject to the same rules as generally applied to comparable messages. The United States Constitution prevents any representative of a public school from censoring religious messages on students’ clothing. According to the , “students may display religious messages on items of clothing to the same extent that they are allowed to display other comparable messages. Religious messages may not be singled out for suppression, but rather are subject to the same rules as generally applied to comparable messages.
