Bong Hits 4 Jesus

I don’t have much to say about this case one way or another

The Supreme Court examines Monday a case raising questions over free speech rights in US high schools as it hears arguments over a student’s unfurling of a quirky banner proclaiming “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.”
Joseph Frederick drew the ire of his school principal in Juneau, Alaska, on January 24, 2002, when the then 18-year-old student unveiled the huge banner in front of television cameras as the Olympic flame passed in front of a crowd.
Principal Deborah Morse, whose school had authorized the students to leave class for the event, was not amused by Frederick’s linkage between Jesus and a bong, a pipe used to smoke marijuana.
Morse crossed the street, destroyed the banner and suspended Frederick from school for 10 days.

But it reminded me of something that some guys in a fraternity at UVa did. One of their brothers had some disease (not one of the usual fraternity diseases, mind you) and they decided to have a benefit to raise funds for his treatment. So they had a Bong-a-thon, where people pledged a certain amount of money for each bong hit they did.
And man, did they do a lot.

categories Uncategorized | | datetime March 19, 2007 1:23 pm

4 Responses to “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”

  1. Dave E. says:
    March 19, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    “And man, did they do a lot.”
    Well, it was for a good cause Mr. Bingley. You might even say, a “high-minded” cause.

  2. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:
    March 19, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    But check out the header and subheader (and some of the text, for that matter) in this one: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/03/high_court_takes_bong_hits_4_j.html

  3. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:
    March 20, 2007 at 10:06 am

    I’m hungry…

  4. Emily says:
    March 20, 2007 at 11:05 am

    Oh, the humanity. To make such a sacrifice for the ailing and weak. I pledge to always do my bit.

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