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NY school sued after teen suspended over rosary
hosted ^ | Jun 1

Posted on 06/01/2010 4:08:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a school to reinstate a 13-year-old boy who was suspended for wearing rosary beads, pending a hearing into whether the suspension violated his civil rights.

Oneida Middle School officials contend Raymond Hosier violated a policy banning gang-related clothing, as rosary beads are sometimes worn as gang symbols. But the seventh-grader, who initially was suspended two weeks ago, says he wears the purple rosary in memory of his younger brother, who died while clutching it after a bicycle accident.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: gang; rosary

1 posted on 06/01/2010 4:08:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Of course they violated his rights, it is called the first amendment. The government, no matter what form it takes, has no jurisdiction or authority to forbid people to display or wear artifacts of their religion.


2 posted on 06/01/2010 4:11:31 PM PDT by calex59
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To: JoeProBono
Hey! I've got an idea! Instead of punishing the Catholic kid wearing them for religious reasons, why not beat the shit out of the gutless little heathen gang-bangers for hiding behind them as a 1st Amendment right?

Nah. That would make too much sense for 21st century Homo Sapiens. The perpetrator is the victim now, and all that inverted twaddle.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

3 posted on 06/01/2010 4:18:24 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: calex59

UPDATE:

Raymond Hosier, the Oneida Middle School student suspended for wearing rosary beads, will be able to wear the beads to school.
The American Center for Law and Justice, (ACLJ), filed a lawsuit against the school district Tuesday in a federal court, saying the school violated Hosier’s free speech rights.

Now FOX23 News has learned Judge Lawrence Kahn has issued a temporary restraining order which orders the school district to allow Hosier to attend school, wearing the rosary beads.


4 posted on 06/01/2010 4:21:32 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
The forgotten clause:

“or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

5 posted on 06/01/2010 4:24:20 PM PDT by Jacquerie (We should therefore make the best use of what has been already discovered - Aristotle)
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To: Viking2002

6 posted on 06/01/2010 4:26:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Yup. That one's shark chum from my monitor's POV.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

7 posted on 06/01/2010 4:29:01 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: JoeProBono

These Bozos don’t know/care that a rosary is NOT jewelry.


8 posted on 06/01/2010 4:34:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
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To: Viking2002

Just doing the jobs American’s won’t do. Sad thing is, MS-13 began in the US. Just like roaches they continue to spread.


9 posted on 06/01/2010 4:36:22 PM PDT by Brytani (Good Morning Comrades!!! FUBO)
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To: JoeProBono

It looks like he has his fingers IN his nose. You know, where the coke gave him a third nostril.


10 posted on 06/01/2010 4:41:00 PM PDT by Lauren BaRecall (Paul/Paul2012 - yeah, right! LOL!)
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To: Brytani
Yup. They're the 'victims'. And If I catch one of these 'victims' in my house, assaulting my wife, and I shoot them graveyard dead in my living room, some morally vapid legal slime will convince an equally vapid jury that I am the perpetrator. Hence the absolute imperative that we need to go back to embracing Original Intent.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

11 posted on 06/01/2010 4:42:08 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: Jeff Chandler

Some wear it as jewelry, some don’t. But it isn’t up to the school authorities to decide who does and who doesn’t.

If he has gang affiliation or gang history, ban him from school for that. Not for wearing beads.


12 posted on 06/01/2010 4:42:34 PM PDT by Persevero (If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?)
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To: calex59

This good catholic boy needs to be clearly apologized to. That said,,,it’s always seemed odd to me that the hispanic gang culture openly sports the symbols of the church on their tattoos, etc.

It would be odd to be murdered by a killer with a tattoo of the virgin mary, a bleeding heart, etc.


13 posted on 06/01/2010 4:47:32 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: JoeProBono

That guy must be a University of Texas fan.


14 posted on 06/01/2010 4:49:40 PM PDT by Taft in '52
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To: DesertRhino

Yeah, there’s an irony in that.


15 posted on 06/01/2010 5:21:30 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: calex59

I don’t know why this boy wears the rosary if he is Catholic; using the beads as an ornament is disrespectful.


16 posted on 06/01/2010 6:15:46 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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