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Marine Grad Stands On Sidelines During Ceremony (Refused to not wear dress blues?)
ktul ^ | 5/12/06

Posted on 05/14/2006 1:44:10 PM PDT by LouAvul

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1 posted on 05/14/2006 1:44:12 PM PDT by LouAvul
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2 posted on 05/14/2006 1:45:52 PM PDT by FOG724 (A vote for Arnold is a vote for a Democrat)
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To: LouAvul

This happens quite frequently. Too bad the young Marine sought to have an exception to the rules of his school.


3 posted on 05/14/2006 1:45:59 PM PDT by OldFriend (I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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To: LouAvul

The guy is undoubtedly heading to war, and she can't make an exception in his case????!!!!?!?!?!?!?


4 posted on 05/14/2006 1:46:23 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: LouAvul

This is ridiculously asinine...


5 posted on 05/14/2006 1:46:47 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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To: OldFriend

He should have graduated with the rest of the class, then put on his dress blues and had pictures taken with his family. They are right about not allowing it--if they did, the most ridiculous and obnoxious garb would have HAD to have been allowed, or someone would have sued.


6 posted on 05/14/2006 1:47:33 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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See my #6. The school would have been opening up a huge can of worms, if they had allowed him to wear something other than the cap and gown.


7 posted on 05/14/2006 1:48:41 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: LouAvul

I understand what she is saying here though. Once she starts making exceptions then everyone will have the right to start asking.

Should just be a school rule that military is the only exception and be done with it.


8 posted on 05/14/2006 1:48:55 PM PDT by misterrob (Jack Bauer has Elliott Yamin on his MP3 player)
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To: LouAvul

As a Marine, Pvt Lueking is familiar with the concept of Uniform of the Day. Well the Uniform of the Day in this case was royal blue cap and gown.


9 posted on 05/14/2006 1:49:06 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: LouAvul

Words fail me.


10 posted on 05/14/2006 1:50:41 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Quick! Press the Sarcasm button!)
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To: LouAvul

He was graduating from high school, not from a Marine training program. He should follow the rules for appropriate dress for the occasion.


11 posted on 05/14/2006 1:51:03 PM PDT by Restorer
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To: LouAvul

This is a story about a young man whose pride in being a Marine exceeds his pride at having graduated high school, and whose school wisely won't make an exception just for him.

I respect the position of both sides in this case. Sometimes you have to choose between alternatives, and so don't get everything you would have liked. That's life.


12 posted on 05/14/2006 1:52:18 PM PDT by sourcery (Political & economic freedom: More important than gays burning flags at their weddings)
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To: FOG724

EVERY SINGLE YEAR there's this same story. PUT ON THE DAMN CAP AND GOWN.


13 posted on 05/14/2006 1:53:13 PM PDT by Hildy ("Whenever someone smiles at me all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life." - Dwight Schrute)
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To: LouAvul

If he wanted to walk, he should have worn the cap and gown.


14 posted on 05/14/2006 1:54:08 PM PDT by Flightdeck (Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
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Superintendent Shellie Gammill says she couldn't bend the policy or else exceptions would have to be made for other students.

Sure. I mean, next year some kid might want to come decked out as a pimp. And in the worldview endorsed by public schools, no distinction can be made between one and the other . . . just alternate life-paths for the graduates to choose.

15 posted on 05/14/2006 1:56:26 PM PDT by madprof98
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Seems there should be some room for compromise here as society accepts military dress uniforms as correct attire for the most strict dress functions. These uniforms could never be classified as "most ridiculous and obnoxious garb".

If indoors I believe the Marine may be uncovered at events, and that would allow a cap and gown. What say you FReeper Marines?

16 posted on 05/14/2006 1:59:05 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (How come Mexican illegals don't sneak into Cuba?)
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To: LouAvul

The choice was his to make. He chose to sit on the sideline in order to wear his uniform, I respect him for that.


17 posted on 05/14/2006 1:59:23 PM PDT by jazusamo (-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
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To: LouAvul

At first glance, this might seem outrageous. How dare the school require this young Marine to wear a cap and gown like the rest of the students?

But then, if you think about it, this is not a Marine function, and Marines are not required to wear their dress blues to civilian functions.

I can see no reason this youngster could not doff his dress uniform jacket, wear the cap and gown over the rest of his uniform for the ceremony, then put on the jacket after the ceremony was over.

Marines also wear civilian clothing when not on duty. I thin there's just a bit of grandstanding going on here.


18 posted on 05/14/2006 2:02:12 PM PDT by MineralMan (non-evangelical atheist)
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To: LouAvul

I would support "his decision" either way.

I would support him if he chose to wear cap and gown. I support him for chosing to "stand down" from graduation and to "stand tall" as a Marine.

He is evidently more of a Marine than a high school graduate.


19 posted on 05/14/2006 2:05:43 PM PDT by Beckwith (The liberal media has picked sides and they've sided with the Jihadists.)
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To: LouAvul

betcha when they announced this kids name he got the loudest ovation...


20 posted on 05/14/2006 2:07:46 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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