Dom Giordano, WPHT host and former teacher, has dedicated much of his daily show toward parents who are taking it into their own hands to push back against school boards that have a negative impact on their children. This has culminated in a weekly podcast on education, Readin', Writin', and Reason, which has allowed wonderful relationships to develop between Giordano, educators, and parents throughout the country who are speaking out against overbearing school boards.
This week, Dom welcomes in Wally Zimolong, attorney working as co-counsel with America First Legal (AFL), to the podcast after he recently won a case for a client who was suspended from a school campus after quoting from the Bible publicly. Zimolong tells the story of Kombe Sefelino, a student on the campus of the County College of Morris, who refused to self-censor himself after pushback while reading and preaching straight from the bible, making references that were considered anti-LGBT. Zimolong clarifies our free speech laws, explaining what the client received in a stipulated order, warning of the implications of allowing this form of trouncing of the First Amendment.