Morgan Armstrong, a soon-to-graduate student from Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, publicly came out as gay on social media, sharing her love for her girlfriend. Shortly after, she faced dire consequences from the school—banned from campus and threatened with diploma withholding. Armstrong's lawsuit claims the school violated its own policies and unjustly imposed a long-term suspension. Her lawyer argues that the punishments were not permissible, highlighting the school's failure to adhere to its disciplinary policy in the process of penalizing Armstrong for her sexual orientation.
In its haste to suspend Morgan for being gay, the Defendant violated its own Disciplinary Policy and summarily imposed a 'Long-term suspension (more than 10 days) instead.'
There is no circumstance in which this school would have authority to withhold her diploma or to sabotage her college admissions process as part of its policy.
Everyone else gets to post their boyfriend or girlfriend, so just because I have a girlfriend and I'm a girl, why does that mean that I shouldn't be able to?
Armstrong's late-April decision to come out online happened spontaneously, demonstrating her desire to share her love without reservation.
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