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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBroward school board votes to prohibit religious and political signs on schools
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The Broward County School Board voted Tuesday to amend its policy about the types of advertisements that can be purchased and displayed at public schools. The move to ban religious and political signs passed 8 to 1 with board member Brenda Fam dissenting.
We want to make sure that our schools are welcoming to every student no matter what they believe, Rebecca Thompson, a school board member who voted in favor of the ban, told NBC Miami.
The policy change was the result of religious discrimination complaints from two very different groups.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article297293924.html
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Broward school board votes to prohibit religious and political signs on schools (Original Post)
MayReasonRule
23 hrs ago
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TurboDem
(285 posts)1. More of this please!
MayReasonRule
(1,940 posts)2. Reputedly Broward Is The GOPs Most Hated County
Broward is doing what it can. Its one of a handful of blue counties in a red state.
Timeflyer
(2,726 posts)3. Bravo Broward County and local activist Chaz Stevens, who created the "church" to keep religion out of gov't.
Local action is Dem guerilla tactics.