ACLU: Pa. school district blocked Internet site about gays

SHILLINGTON, Pa. (AP) — The ACLU says an eastern Pennsylvania school district is blocking Internet content about gays.

The American Civil Liberties Union said today that Governor Mifflin School District’s Internet filtering software blocked sites that a student tried to access for research.

The group says the Berks County district’s “sexuality” filter blocks sites expressing support for the gay-rights movement, while an “intolerance” filter blocks a range of political-advocacy sites, including ones that oppose legal protections for gays.

The ACLU says that violates students’ free speech rights.

The ACLU has sent a letter to Governor Mifflin asking that it reconfigure the filtering software.

A district spokeswoman did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press.