Apparently, in one Florida school district, some slain civil-rights leaders are more acceptable than others.

William Loggans, an economics and social studies teacher in Orange County, Florida, found that out after putting up a poster in his classroom honoring the late Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Sept. 10 during a campus event in Utah.

Along with Kirk’s image, the poster included one of his quotes: “Never underestimate the power of your voice and the impact you can have on the world when you speak up for what you believe in.”

Loggans was forced to take the poster down and now is filing a grievance with the school district.

In an interview with Not the Bee, Loggans shared his motivation behind the poster, saying that he has a variety of such banners around his room featuring notable public figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Ronald Reagan.

Loggans, who started teaching at Horizon High School a year after it opened in 2021, says his students were deeply disturbed by Kirk’s assassination.

One student, however, came to him and told him Charlie Kirk “is a Nazi and a fascist,” and demanded the poster come down, but Loggans stood his ground.

According the Not the Bee report, the student then sent Principal Andrew Jackson an email, which necessitated his reporting the complaint to the district. After members of the district legal team assessed the situation, they determined that the poster needed to be removed – not because of Kirk’s quote, but because Kirk himself is considered “divisive.”

Subsequently, as a free-speech lesson for his students, Loggans filed a grievance with the district.

As of Tuesday, the district had not replied to him, but Loggans says he isn’t backing down.

“I’m not gonna give up on this,” he said, pointing out that many school districts have a double standard about what is an appropriate message to display in the classroom.

Noted Loggans, “In our school, there are several teachers that have Pride flags in their rooms or stickers on their doors … they did not consider them to be divisive or political.”

The teacher says that throughout the process he has received considerable support from parents and some students.