Tell Your Lawmaker: Let Our Flags Fly!

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The New Hampshire Senate is preparing to vote on a bill that would ban nearly all flags and banners at our public schools, with only a few exceptions. It would ban many items: from a happy birthday banner, to a college flag or flags celebrating graduates, to flags representing students' ancestry and pride flags, mental health awareness or bullying prevention month banners, and much more.

If passed, this extreme bill would chill and restrict the free speech and expression rights of students and teachers, with very limited exceptions for even classroom lessons. In addition to negatively impacting the education of all students through classroom censorship, it would also create a chilling effect for students or even limit displays of student artwork or club activities. It would create unwelcoming environments for both teachers and students, especially students from the LGBTQ community and immigrant families.

Our First Amendment rights to free speech and expression do not simply disappear at the front doors of our schools. Tell your state senator to stop the classroom censorship and OPPOSE HB 1132.

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Our First Amendment rights to free speech and expression do not simply disappear at the front doors of our schools. Tell your state senator to stop the classroom censorship and OPPOSE HB 1132.

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Subject No flag bans in schools: oppose HB 1132

As your constituent, I am asking you to oppose HB 1132, the bill that would ban most flags and banners in New Hampshire schools.

This bill is too extreme and would censor everything from hallway decorations to classroom lessons and is far too excessive and controlling for no good reason.

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Students' and educators' freedom of speech and expression do not disappear once they enter the school door, which is why I am asking you to please vote to oppose censorship and protect our First Amendment rights by opposing HB 1132 when you vote soon. Thank you.

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