SCV Announces Confederate Heritage Victory In Providence, Kentucky

Sept 5, 2006

Castorina v. Madison County (Kentucky) School Board was a landmark

Federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that made clear the court's

disapproval of bans by school systems targeting Confederate symbols.

This case was the result of years of work in a cooperative effort by the Sons of

Confederate Veterans and the Southern Legal Resource Center.

Earlier this year the case of Jacqueline Duty, another Kentucky

school student who drew national headlines when she was barred from her prom

because her dress had a Confederate heritage motif, was settled

favorably due to the Castorina precedent.

The latest successful "Castorina Enforcement" in Kentucky has occurred

at the Broadway High School, in Providence (Webster County). A principal

had disciplined a student on August 10th for wearing a Dixie Outfitter Shirt

displaying a raccoon and Confederate flag.

The mother of the student met with the principal, who refused to budge

on her position, even though Confederate symbols were causing no apparent

disruption.

The mother called the Southern Legal Resource Center for assistance.

The SLRC sent a large "CARE package" to the mother, including a 6th circuit

case analysis (of Castorina and other decisions) for the school's attorney.

Subsequently, another student was threatened with discipline for not

turning her Dixie Outfitter shirt inside out - she refused and asked the

rest of her class if the shirt was offensive. A black student responded:

"No and I just wish they would leave you and your shirt alone."

The SCV is pleased to announce that as of September 5th, the

principal has agreed to stop disciplining students wearing Confederate

symbols, in another victory for Confederate heritage, the first amendment, and

Kentucky students.