> > On 6/28/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > have a dress code for teachers? Should they be free to endorse any > lifestyle they'd like? How about if the teacher had a pentagram or > Nazi symbol? >
Good questions. The way I see it, there are two considerations here. 1) The federal statute of the separation of church and state. Determine if the teacher's actions violate this tenet, no matter what the symbol is. (Be it a cross, a nazi symbol, the star of david, etc). If we determine that this federal mandate is not being violated, there is another question: 2) The right of schools (and other institutions) to set a standard for what is considered appropriate for its employees. At this level, whereas both a swastika and a cross might pass the first test, a swastika may be deemed inappropriate by the school administration. They could well be in their right then to discipline the teacher. In this scenario, the school could be perfectly within their right to tell teachers that they aren't allowed to wear ANY symbol such as a cross or pentagram or.....but this would be decided on a school by school basis, and not by a federal mandate. (If one school won't let you wear a cross, fight them legally, or teach somewhere else). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162210 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
