{"id":2021296,"date":"2023-09-04T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/popular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-out-of-school-over-gadsden-flag\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T14:01:58","slug":"popular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-out-of-school-over-gadsden-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/popular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-out-of-school-over-gadsden-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman actor supports student expelled for Gadsden Flag."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpopular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-out-of-school-over-gadsden-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200c Colorado Boy Who Stood Up for His Rights\u2064 Gets\u200c Support from Superman Actor<\/h2>\n<p>The Colorado\u2063 boy who refused to go gently into the deep, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/community-remembers-yale-student-killed-in-conn-2\/\" title=\"Community remembers Yale student killed in Conn.\">dark night<\/a> of bureaucratic regulations has a Super fan.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Cain, who played Superman in\u200d \u201cLois &#038; Clark: \u2062The New Adventures of Superman,\u201d has posted a shout-out to Jaiden Rodriguez, who,\u200b along with his mom, bucked the school\u2019s decision to punish him for \u2063wearing a Gadsden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-military-action-in-the-2021-israel-hamas-conflict\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Military Action In The 2021 Israel-Hamas Conflict?\">flag patch<\/a> on his backpack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood\u200d job, Jaiden. It takes bravery \u2062to stand alone for what is right,\u201d Cain, who supports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.looktothestars.org\/celebrity\/dean-cain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all manner of charities<\/a>, posted on \u2064X. Cain has also been unabashed about his support \u200bof various conservative causes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Good job, Jaiden. It takes bravery to stand alone \u200cfor \u2064what is right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDeanCain\/status\/1696752864637657476?\">August 30,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cain is hardly the first celebrity\u2063 to support Jaiden.<\/p>\n<p>Country music star John Rich posted a similar message last week, complete with a video of him \u200draising the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-gop-advances-two-election-integrity-bills\/\" title=\"Arizona GOP Advances Two Election Integrity Bills\">yellow flag<\/a> with its coiled \u2062snaked and the words \u201cDon\u2019t Tread on Me\u201d emblazoned upon \u2062it.<\/p>\n<p>Although days of celebration have followed the boy\u2019s return\u2063 to \u200dschool, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/research-learn\/fire-letter-harrison-school-district-two-august-31-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foundation for Individual\u200d Rights and Expression<\/a> indicated that Jaiden\u2019s struggle may\u200b not be over.<\/p>\n<p>In an Aug. 31 letter to the school, it said that \u200bJaiden\u2019s mother, Eden Rodriguez, has \u2063been informed that \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/won-student-booted-class-dont-tread-flag-scores-quick-victory-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school\u2019s permission<\/a> \u2063 to wear the flag patch has a condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Rodriguez has informed FIRE that the only communication she received was from Harrison \u200cSchool District TwoAssistant Superintendent Mike Claudio, who told her Jaiden could continue to display the Gadsden \u200cflag patch only so long as no staff\u2063 member or student complained about it,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, FIRE wrote \u2064The Vanguard School after learning the school will allow the student to wear the Gadsden flag patch\u2026 but only if nobody\u200c complains.<\/p>\n<p>And the school is *completely prohibiting* the student from displaying \u2062a patch expressing support for gun\u200c rights. More to come. \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KUsfASa9ad\">https:\/\/t.co\/KUsfASa9ad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4jahj0ya08\">pic.twitter.com\/4jahj0ya08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIRE (@TheFIREorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFIREorg\/status\/1697362085208784925?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJaiden also is still not allowed to display the FPC patch on his backpack under any circumstances,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/research-learn\/fire-letter-harrison-school-district-two-august-31-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> \u2064 said, using the acronym for the Firearms Policy\u200d Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The letter said the boy\u2019s school cannot \u201ccondition Jaiden keeping the Gadsden \u2062flag patch on his backpack on the absence of student \u200cor staff complaints. Without more, a single complaint \u2064about a student\u2019s speech cannot constitute \u2063substantial disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe First Amendment\u200c does not allow the \u2018heckler\u2019s veto\u2019 \u2064as envisioned by the district\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-furious-after-school-official-uses-their-kids-in-photo-to-defend-schools-staying-closed\/\" title=\"Parents Furious After School Official Uses Their Kids In Photo To Defend Schools Staying Closed\">assistant superintendent<\/a>, where anybody can suppress a student\u2019s speech or viewpoint simply by objecting to it,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter said\u200c the school should abandon \u2063its efforts to \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/12-year-old-kid-kicked-class-gadsden-flag-patch-told-origins-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFIRE calls on The\u2062 Vanguard School to immediately and publicly \u2063confirm it will allow Jaiden Rodriguez to display on his backpack at school his Gadsden flag and\u2062 Firearms\u2063 Policy Coalition patches\u2014and any others that\u2062 cause no substantial disruption\u2014without facing punishment or removal, regardless of whether students or staff complain,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>In an Op-Ed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gazette.com\/opinion\/columnists\/column-empower-parents-with-iphones-and-flags-jon-caldara\/article_5af4c9f2-48ca-11ee-a84f-83b5211bfad9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Gazette<\/a>, Jon Caldara, president of \u200dthe Independence Institute \u2064in Denver, said there\u200d is a message for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colorado-student-suspended-gadsden-flag-patch-breaks-silence-issues-challenge-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parents<\/a> in Jaiden\u2019s experience, noting that Eden Rodriguez had\u2064 to \u2063explain that \u200cthe flag was from the Revolutionary War era \u2063and was not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/popular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-out-of-school-over-gadsden-flag\/\" title=\"Superman actor supports student expelled for Gadsden Flag.\">pro-slavery banner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree the kid had a right \u200cto tout the flag?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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In \u200dColorado you do\u2064 not need their\u200c permission or knowledge to do it \u200dsecretly. Your kids\u2019 futures lie in the balance,\u201d Caldara added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the most terrifying part\u2062 of this is how groupthink can take one of the most patriotic flags of unity in our history and, over the course of \u2062just a few years, turn it into a symbol of division,\u201d Caldara wrote, before further adding, \u201cThe considerably greater \u200btakeaway is parents \u2064should record their encounters with school officials. It might be the thing that guarantees\u2062 an education for your child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/popular-superman-star-backs-kid-kicked-school-gadsden-flag\/\">Popular Superman Star Backs Kid Kicked Out of School Over\u200c Gadsden Flag<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Cain, known for his role as Superman, has shown support for Jaiden Rodriguez, the Colorado boy who defied school regulations. Jaiden and his mom challenged the punishment he received for his attire. 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