Posted on 09/01/2009 6:43:28 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
SPRING HILL — The JROTC member at Springstead High School who said she confronted a Muslim student last week because the girl did not stand for the Pledge of Allegiance fabricated that part of the story, school officials said Monday.
Heather Lawrence, a 16-year-old junior at the school, has said she was walking by another homeroom Wednesday morning when she saw a girl with the traditional Muslim head scarf sitting during the pledge.
Later, Lawrence said she confronted the girl, told her she should stand during the pledge and, according to her own account and a school report, said, "Take that thing off your head and act like you're proud to be an American."
A teacher witnessed the confrontation and Lawrence was suspended for five days for violating the district's policy against bullying and harassment. The suspension has since been reduced to three days.
But Lawrence could not have seen what she said she saw, Springstead principal Susan Duval said Monday.
"This girl lied," Duval said. "I have confirmed with the homeroom teacher the young lady stood for the pledge."
The girl and her parents also insist she was standing, Duval said.
And Lawrence never left her own homeroom, according to her teacher, Duval said.
Duval said Lawrence claimed she was asked to take the homeroom attendance count to the office. But Duval said her homeroom teacher disputes that.
"She never left homeroom," Duval said.
"She's compounded the story as an explanation as to why she felt it was OK to make a very disparaging comment to this young lady," Duval said.
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Gosh, what do you think about it?
Not good. It’s fine to tell someone to stand for the pledge. It’s NOT OK to tell someone what to wear for religious reasons. Next it will be telling teenagers to remove the “Jesus Saves” t-shirt or Jews to remove their yarmulke.
And it’s never cool to lie.
“School officials”? PUBLIC school officials? I’m supposed to believe those jokers? They’ve lied to us so often over so many things... / rant before
The older women in that school will not be treated differently on account of their actions when the mullahs take over fashion.
Hmmmm. Whom to believe?
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329913/posts
And no harsher punishment for lying? "I'm trying to get this resolved and move on," Duval replied.
Move on? Like, let's not talk about it anymore in case people dig a little more and find out this is BS?
This is the first I've heard of this case, but this line was a serious red flag to me.
“Wearing the Hajib is a sign that a woman has been bullied”
Not necessarily. Most often in America, it is used as an in-your-face political statement.
The Hajib is a sign of women's submission to men.
It's very disturbing to find so many female school teachers and administrators falling into line to kow-tow to the local mullah ~ particularly when they've probably never met him or his enforcement team.
No, wearing the hajib in America is admiting her father and brothers will kill her if she doesn’t.
The student should be forgiven for saying the wrong thing to the Muslim student.
What she should have said is “Your religion will force us to actualize ‘Islam Delenda Est’”.
Cowboys & Muslims - the game all America can play.
;-)
That rates an Allahu fubar!
“No, wearing the hajib in America is admiting her father and brothers will kill her if she doesn’t.”
Some, perhaps, but the rest are political activists.
Since it's the St Pete Times, it's safe to assume the opposite of anything in the article. Not saying they always lie, but if I'm betting with my own money...
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