I am a Christian. But no student (or staff member) should be allowed to exhibit any religious symbol in a public school. So a crucifix is out, as is a Star of David, as is a hijab.
Public schools, military installations, government offices, etc. ... all must be religiously and politically neutral. Wear a crucifix, a Star of David, etc. if you wish. But keep it under your shirt when you are working at a public institution.
I am STRONGLY against the hijab. So note this. If you allow the crucifix at a public school, you must also allow the hijab.
bkmk
Just say NO.
When I was in high school I did that when they tried to force me to do activities that I didn’t want to do. I had to stay in detention during the activities but that was OK by me.
Students really need to learn to say NO to these control-freak teachers and administrators.
Public schools are a largely failing enterprise. Best to get out if you can. If not, fight back by not participating in this foolishness.
Just call it a Hijab Cross, and whisper Allah Ackber at them.
Get a lawyer? Whose side are lawyers on? Who do they contribute to? Pffft.
They only understand their own tactics, and hate whoever uses them successfully in reverse.
Wear big crosses and Jesus and US flag tee shirts, plaster cross and US flag stickers on notebooks. Hold prayers at flagpole before, at lunch and after school. When disciplined loudly yell “Bully!” over and over. Recite First Amendment, with reminder this is public property, throughout the day. Video everything.
If touched or assaulted or rights violated, call police immediately.
In one of my high school classes a teacher tried some crap with a fellow student. The teacher was then grabbed and suspended over a third floor balcony rail. Two fellow students and I had to save the teacher from further action. Thereafter the teacher controlled his dictatorial tirades.
This is part of the harm that those folks said that they weren’t foisting on society.
Homosexual acts should still be illegal.
When I was a kid, we called this communism and Nazism.
At some point people must deal with the fact, that homosexuals are after your kids. NAMBLA was once very open about their goals of accessing little boys. NAMBLA is still with us, but the name has changed and the goals expanded. Marriage is only one side of the issue with homosexuals. The other multi-billion dollar issue is the adverse effects on public health and the children that are abused by the NAMBLA members hiding in the closet. Male homosexuals have the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS, syphilis,
drug-resistant gonorrhea, entamoeba histolytica, chlamydia, herpes simplex II, Chancroid, Drug Resistant TB, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis non A & B, just to name a few. Since I have worked in public health for years I know
too much about diseases and what constitutes today’s Typhoid Larry. It is not the pretty innocent picture of the innocent dancing fairy presented by Hollywood and the old media.
Bmk...I live two miles from this school...
She needs to be hung or have a building dropped on her. I recommend a vacation tour of Iran.
Riedas needs her lesbian ass fired. Taxpayers don’t want their kids going to school only to be recruited by sexual deviants.
Parents, teach your children to refuse. Then sue the hell out of the school when the retributions occur. You will win in court.
Let me get this straight (pardon the pun).
The Student cannot wear a Crucifix to School but the Teacher can display PRO LBGTQ Propaganda in the Classroom the Students are forced to attend?
...and if you disagree you’ll be punched with a SAP glove, hit with a bike lock, and have glass bottles throw at you you.
For both lists.
This is outrageous.
Some info on the angry, hateful lesbian:
https://voterrecords.com/voter/12474913/lora-jane-riedas
Litigation is coming:
A demand letter asking her to stop is not enough. Fire her!
Can't such a claim about cross jewelry be regarded as profiling?
With all due respect to mom & pop, also Florida FReepers, please consider the following.
If Florida parents were making sure that their children were being taught the Constitution as constitutional lawmakers had intended for it to be understood, then the referenced high school students would probably be able to argue the following points against the LGBT activist teacher’s actions.
Not only had the Founding States made the Constitution’s Clause 1 of Section 10 of Article I to clarify that the states are prohibited from making laws / policies which establish protected / privileged classes which this low-information math teacher is effectively doing imo, but also consider the following.
When the states ratified the 14th Amendment (ratified under very questionable circumstances imo) they prohibited themselves from abridging constitutional rights that the states amend the Constitution to expressly protect, 1st Amendment-protected religious expression and free speech in this example.
So the referenced math teacher is arguably not only violating the Constituton’s prohibition on protected / privileged classes, but also Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.
Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility [emphasis added].
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
But what’s worse, the unconstitutional actions of the misguided teacher, or parents who evidently aren’t making sure that their children are being taught about their constitutional protections?
In fact, note that Acts 22:25-29 indicates that Paul claimed his protections as a Roman citizen to save himself from being flogged.