true... and children are subject to all sort of limitations as to the clothes *they* can wear to school. While I think that some restrictions are necessary (see-through blouses and gang colors come to mind) a number of schools I have dealt with had some really silly restrictions. Pink frilly dresses were not ok at age five because red is a gang color? Come on :) The boy can't dye his hair green? Why not?
Still, to paraphrase Freud, sometimes a necklace is only a necklace. Dana On 6/28/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One case comes to my mind. A public school teacher wore a > > gold cross around her neck. Just a little necklace. > > > A child complained that it was offensive (we won't discuss > > the silliness of this assertion). The ACLU came swooping > > in on the side of the CHILD. This really bothered me, as > > I see the teacher's right to wear a small, personal > > sign of her faith, as an important right. > > > If she was using the cross to preach her religion to the > > class, or was wearing an inappropriate religious message > > of some ilk, I might understand....but this just seemed > > stupid to me. > > Unless all religious messages are inappropriate then there's no such > thing as an inappropriate religious message. In a private school, I > would be in favor of the teacher, since the parents have some choice > in determining where their chidren attend... In a public school, just > as with cops, I believe they need to take off the religious symbols > while they're on the job. Jobs tell people to take out tongue, lip, > nose and eyebrow rings all the time, which is trivial, so I don't > think it's beyond the pale to ask a public servant to act as though > they're serving the public and not just those members of the public > who happen to agree with their particular religious inclinations. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:162254 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
