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08.17.13
School District Allows Female Student to Play Football
ACLU Urges Officials to Adopt Non-Discrimination Policy to Help Prevent Future Unfair Treatment of Students
BALTIMORE, OH—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following statement regarding Liberty Union-Thurston Local School District’s decision to allow middle school student Makhaela Jenkins to play football: “We appreciate that school officials have finally reconsidered their decision to ban Makhaela from the school’s football team. However, we respectfully disagree with officials’ continuing denial Read more…
Student Rights, Women's Rights
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08.15.13
ACLU Warns Fairfield County School Against Banning Female Football Players
Schools Must Give Equal Athletic Opportunities to Both Genders
BALTIMORE, OH – Today, the ACLU of Ohio sent a letter to the Liberty Union-Thurston School District calling its decision to prohibit seventh-grader Makhaela Jenkins from playing on her middle school football team because of her gender “unacceptable and unlawful.” “This school is using outdated and untrue stereotypes about gender to decide who participates in Read more…
Student Rights, Women's Rights
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08.06.13
ACLU Warns Mayfield Heights Police About Drug Checkpoint Scheme
Launches Investigation into Fake Drug Checkpoints
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio warned the Mayfield Heights Police Department on their use of a random drug checkpoint. The checkpoint was set up on June 24, 2013 on Interstate 271 North, with signs instructing motorists that a drug checkpoint was ahead. Mayfield Heights police officers then waited Read more…
Drug Policy, Police Practices
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07.31.13
Greene County Fair Wrong to Censor Award-Winning Photograph, Says ACLU
XENIA, OH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio criticized a decision by the Greene County Agricultural Society to revoke a first place award for a photograph submitted to the Greene County Fair. The photograph depicted a September 1924 Ku Klux Klan rally in Dayton. In addition to rescinding the photograph’s first place award, Read more…
Free Speech
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07.24.13
City of Columbus Agrees to Revise Permit Rules
Changes to City Ordinance Help Protect the First Amendment
COLUMBUS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus over a 2012 permit ordinance that made it harder for political groups to exercise their First Amendment rights in public. In exchange, the city has revised their ordinance to lower permit costs and make it easier to Read more…
Free Speech