School District Wrongly Retaliated Against Parent for Making and Publishing Video of Rainbow Pride Flag on Display in School
Grosse Pointe Public School Sys., decided Friday by Judge Robert White (E.D. Mich.): Plaintiff Gary Shane Pruitt, a parent, attempted to raise concerns with officials from the Grosse Point Public School System (the District) about the educational environment at the public middle school his child attends. Pruitt objected to the display of rainbow pride flags in classrooms.
- ▪Grosse Pointe Public School Sys., decided Friday by Judge Robert White (E.D.
- ▪Mich.): Plaintiff Gary Shane Pruitt, a parent, attempted to raise concerns with officials from the Grosse Point Public School System (the District) about the educational environment at the public middle school his child attends.
- ▪Pruitt objected to the display of rainbow pride flags in classrooms.
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Free Speech School District Wrongly Retaliated Against Parent for Making and Publishing Video of Rainbow Pride Flag on Display in School Eugene Volokh | 7.28.2026 8:01 AM <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-8394829" src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2026/07/PruittvGrossePointeFlag.jpg" alt="" width="687" height="377" srcset="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2026/07/PruittvGrossePointeFlag.jpg 687w, https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/q60/uploads/2026/07/PruittvGrossePointeFlag-300x165.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px" />Image from video depicting flag in classroom (Pruitt had redacted the teacher's face) A short excerpt from the long opinion in Pruitt v.
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