The Rastafarians Really Need To Get Involved With This One

From Raw Story:

NYT: 'Bong hits' case divides Bush and religious right
RAW STORY

A free speech case has divided President Bush from key supporters of his base, as many religious rights groups have joined the ACLU and others in defending the rights of high school students, an article in Sunday's New York Times reports.
The case which will be argued in front of the Supreme Court on Monday "has opened an unexpected fissure between the Bush administration and its usual allies among conservative Christian supporters," Linda Greenhouse reports for the Times.

"On the surface, Joseph Frederick's dispute with his principal, Deborah Morse, at the Juneau-Douglas High School in Alaska five years ago appeared to have little if anything to do with religion," Greenhouse writes. "As the Olympic torch was carried through the streets of Juneau on its way to the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City and as television cameras focused on the scene, Frederick and some friends unfurled a 14-foot-long banner with the inscription: 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus.'"

The principal tore down the sign, after Frederick initially refused her demand to remove the banner, and suspended him for ten days.

"The Bush administration entered the case on the side of the principal and the Juneau School Board," Greenhouse notes.

But, Greenhouse continues, "While it is hardly surprising to find the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Coalition Against Censorship on Frederick's side, it is the array of briefs from organizations that litigate and speak on behalf of generally conservative Christian groups that has lifted Morse v. Frederick out of the realm of the ordinary."