A high school student fighting for the right to wear an anti-gay T-shirt has lost another legal round, this time before the 9th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

In a 2-1 decision, the appellate panel refused Thursday to approve a preliminary injunction against Poway High School outside San Diego, where sophomore Tyler Chase Harper was pulled out of class two years ago for sporting a shirt that read: "Be Ashamed, Our School Embraced What God Has Condemned." On the back, Harper's shirt added, "Homosexuality Is Shameful, Romans 1:27."

The teen wore the handmade shirt the day after students took part in the annual Day of Silence, a nationwide student protest of the ill effects of campus prejudice against gay youth.

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