What's wrong with banning a sign of affection and love? Seriously, hugging your boy/girlfriend could get you in trouble.
Posted on 10/19/2009 3:06:13 PM PDT by myknowledge
YEAR six and seven students have been banned from mixed-sex consensual hugging at a primary school in South Australia for fear it would set a "bad example" to younger students.
YEAR six and seven students have been banned from mixed-sex consensual hugging at a primary school in South Australia for fear it would set a "bad example" to younger students, AdelaideNow reports.
Following complaints from parents at Largs Bay Primary School, the school has banned hugging and other displays of affection for "boyfriends or girlfriends" in the two senior grades.
"Hugging is not banned (between friends) at Largs Bay Primary School but we do discourage displays of affection in the schoolyard among students in years 6 and 7 who have a boyfriend or girlfriend at the school," principal Julie Gail said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...
What's wrong with banning a sign of affection and love? Seriously, hugging your boy/girlfriend could get you in trouble.
just a guess...offends Muslims?
“YEAR six and seven students have been banned from mixed-sex consensual hugging”
what about same-sex consensual hugging?
No, just PC gone mad.
Hugging is discouraged yet same sex marriage is not discouraged LOL oi oi oi
It’s not just governemnt schools that have signed on to this. Believe it or not a a student at Pensacola Christian College could get expelled for merely shaking hands with a person of the opposite sex. Yes, it’s in their rulebook.
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