You wrote:
"What a shame that she felt her rights were more important than the rights of all the other students who did not want their special day marred by one who chose to ignore the rules. This is typical of the liberal viewpoint and mantra: Everyone else is unimportant just so I have my way - my rights are paramount - and you have to swallow that or you are not being fair!"
My Reply: Bah Humbug, those other kids did not get their graduation ruined by this girl. Come on they are graduating Seniors, they are not little kindergardeners.
I take my opinion passed down to me from my wise old mother. "Well it is a shame she got pregnant, but at least she didn't abort the baby as so many young girls do. What is done is done, we should try to help her."
It is the school who created the incident, by denying her the right to graduatewith her class. The girl didn't create the circus, it was the creation of the school. How many would have graduated if they all had to take a "Virgin" exam before marching down the aisle? Young people sometimes make stupid mistakes, and we must never forget that they are young. We should try to help the girl not hurt her. The other kids are big enough to know what is going on. They are not toddlers.
Just for the record, that was someone else's comment, not mine. I just posted, popped some corn, sat back and watched the fireworks. ;)
Good points, though. I agree that the school acted stupidly in banning her, but not the father, from the actual graduation ceremony.
We took our 18 year old son out for dinner tonight to celebrate his birthday. He's graduating from H.S. in a few weeks, and of a class of over 300 kids graduating, NOT ONE is knocked up.
But as to how many had abortions during their High School years, I do not know. It's not important in this Blue County that parents be notified of the unimportant fact that they're going to be Grandparents. :(