[2ndDivisionVet]

This is like the preschooler disciplined for pointing a fishstick at a classmate. What nonsense! What if a Christian student had complained about a witch costume?

[TBP]

He should have dressed as Obama. They would hve given him all the candy and let him “redistribute” it.

[BraveMan]

Is there any Christian on this board (other than me) who finds this student’s actions offensive?

[raccoonradio]

What if he had dressed as a/The Devil?

How about if it had been a TV comedian dressing up
as Jesus on a TV variety show (and mocking Him);
surely that would be OK.

What about those bumper stickers I see that say:
Co-EXIST (using various religious symbols)

and

Freedom Of Religion Means Any Religion

[rfreedom4u]

I’d like to dress my kid up with some 1.25 inch dowel rods cut to 12 inch lengths and strapped together with wires around his torso. He’d be a terrorist but I would have him tell the teacher he was Obama’s best friend.

[Arthur McGowan]

I just love the religious literacy of today’s reporters! This kid is “studying Bible scripture”! And, as a Jew, he’s been Bar Mitzvahed, but, as a Christian, he’s studying “Bible scripture”—something Jews don’t do???

BTW: Abolish government collective schools, and problems like this disappear.

[metmom]

"It was offensive to some students," Woinski said, when asked what school officials told him the reason for being sent home was.

I find the whole Halloween thing offensive, and yet it's shoved in my face every year.

Nov 1 is one of the best days of the year, IMO.

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[stentorian conservative]

How many devils were there? Plenty I’m sure.

[3catsanadog]

"disrupting the education process"

Oh, like everyone dressing up in a costume isn't? Come on, the kids were more interested in what everyone was dressing up as - I'm sure that disrupted teaching the 3 r's a little.