Fricke v. Lynch
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fricke-v-lynch-170-7701962
title:
Fricke v. Lynch
text:
Fricke v. Lynch, 491 F. Supp. 381, was a decision in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island that upheld the right of Aaron Fricke to bring a same-sex date to a high school dance. The Court ruled that existing free speech doctrine protected gay and lesbian students' rights to attend their proms with same-sex dates of their choice. The case was "one of the first successful victories in the courtroom for an LGBT issue involving young people, and is routinely cited each ye
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description:
Rhode Island LGBT court case 1980
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fricke_v._Lynch
date created:
2009-11-09T00:58:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:17:31Z
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