ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) – An Illinois high school student claims in court that school officials subjected her to ridicule by classmates during a walkout demonstration because of her pro-gun rights views.
Madison Oster, a junior at Hononegah Community High School in the small town of Rockton near the Wisconsin border, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the district and several school officials who she claims violated her constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection.
“This is a civil rights action challenging defendants’ policies and practices that act to discriminate against certain viewpoints regarding the Second Amendment generally, and against certain beliefs regarding the safety of schoolchildren from random violent attack during school hours,” according to the lawsuit filed in Rockford, Illinois, federal court by Oster’s father Jeremy, on his daughter’s behalf.