Louisiana State Officials Tell Charter School to Cut the Shit with Its Stupid Pregnancy Test Policy [Pregnancy Test]

Aug 8, 2012 9:15 PM  

After the ACLU excoriated the Delhi Charter School's awful pregnancy test policy, Louisiana state officials took their turn telling the school that it really needs to stop treating female students "suspected" of being pregnant as if they're actually smuggling black tar heroin in their uteruses.

The Louisiana State Department of Education released a statement Tuesday night that requested the Delhi Charter School to "immediately revise" its pregnancy test policy. The state's warning follows the ACLU's characterization of the charter school's policy as "a blatant violation of federal law and the U.S. constitution." The Delhi Charter School, which is state-funded, didn't immediately reply to state officials, though its principal, Chris Broussard, had said earlier that the school has already contracted lawyers to help it review its policy.

Louisiana school ordered to stop pregnancy tests on ‘suspect' students [Guardian]

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CNN Apologizes for Playing ‘Stupid Girls’ Ahead of Sarah Palin Segment [Rogue Rules]

Jul 30, 2012 11:15 AM  

CNN apologized on Sunday for playing Pink's "Stupid Girls" during a segment about former Alaskan governor and ineffable presence on John McCain's campaign pins Sarah Palin proudly visiting a Chick-fil-A with her husband Todd. Palin tweeted a picture in which she and Todd are hoisting their sacks of fried chicken up to the camera and smiling. The text reads, "Stopped by Chick-fil-A in The Woodlands to support a great business."

Since Chick-fil-A has been pretty vocal about its bigotry lately, Palin's tweet set the media wheels in motion, but CNN got a little ahead of itself, faced some heat for playing "Stupid Girls" during the Palin segment, and later explained that the song "was a poor choice and was not intended to be linked to any news story." Who knew going into the weekend that Dick Cheney and CNN would both criticize Sarah Palin, and that Cheney would be the only one not to apologize? Actually, that makes sense because Cheney is kind of a...you get it, waka-waka-waka.

CNN: Playing ‘Stupid Girls' Ahead of Sarah Palin Story a ‘Poor Choice' [THR]

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