"Hate Speech" Codes Are So "Gay"

Girl is ridiculed with insulting remarks about her religious beliefs by fellow students, and responds with "That's so gay."

Guess which remarks were deemed to be "hate speech":

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- When a few classmates razzed Rebekah Rice about her Mormon upbringing with questions such as, "Do you have 10 moms?" she shot back: "That's so gay."

Those three words landed the high school freshman in the principal's office and resulted in a lawsuit that raises this question: When do playground insults used every day all over America cross the line into hate speech that must be stamped out?

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