The Nation - News from Feb. 15, 1985

A judge ruled that a lesbian’s rights of free speech were not violated when the Augusta, Me., school board canceled a Tolerance Day program in which she was to appear. Justice Donald G. Alexander also refused to order school officials to reschedule the event, and said that homosexuals have no special protection under federal or state laws. “I know we’re going to appeal,” said Dale McCormick, president of the Maine Lesbian-Gay Political Alliance, who was to have spoken at the Jan. 25 event at Madison High School.