School Confiscates Cupcakes Decorated with Toy Soldiers

Town Hall ^ | Mar. 9, 2013 | Todd Starnes

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A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers.

Casey Fountain tells me that the principal of his son's elementary school called the cupcakes "insensitive" -- in light of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.

"It disgusted me," he said. "It's vile they lump true American heroes with psychopathic killers."

Fountain's wife made a batch of 30 chocolate cupcakes for their son Hunter's classmates at Schall Elementary School in the town of Caro. The 9-year-old helped decorate the treats with plastic figurines representing World War Two soldiers.

The following morning Fountain said his wife delivered the cupcakes to the front office. The secretary complimented her on the decorations and then took the cakes to Hunter's class.

"About 15 minutes later the school called my wife and told her the couldn't serve the cupcakes because the soldiers had guns," Fountain said. "My wife told them to remove the soldiers and serve the cupcakes anyway -- and I believe she may have used more colorful language."

The school complied and confiscated the soldiers -- sending them home with Hunter in a bag.

"I was offended," Fountain said. "I support our soldiers and what they stand for. These (plastic soldiers) are representations of World War Two soldiers - our greatest generation. If they aren't allowed in our schools -- who is?"

Principal Susan Wright released a statement to local media defending the decision.

"These are toys that were commonplace in the past," she wrote. "However, some parents prohibit all guns as toys. In light of that difference, the school offered to replace the soldiers with another item and the soldiers were returned home with the student."

"Living in a democratic society entails respect for opposing opinions," she stated. "In the climate of recent events in schools we walk a delicate balance in teaching non-violence in our buildings and trying to ensure a safe, peaceful atmosphere."

Fountain said it was beyond outrageous to compare American soldiers to deranged mass murderers.

[wintertime]

When the parents take charge of their schools, and make the commie's stop.
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The **only** way to make the commies stop is to close down the government schools! Put these commies out of work. How?

Answer: Remove your children. Encourage others to do the same. Vote for representatives that are committed to privatizing K-12 schooling.

Fundamentally, government schooling is a socialist-funded, single-payer, compuslory-use and GODLESS entitlement. It is a price-fixed monopoly-cartel. NEVER NEVER NEVER in the history of mankind has it been possible to reform any program that is a socialist-funded, single-payer, compulsory-use, GODLESS, price-fixe monopoly cartel entitlement. Never!

Reform? GIVE IT UP!

[Albion Wilde]

"When comforting a grammar Nazi I always say softly, "There, their, they're."

Its just a way for a moron to shake it's stick at the rapid communicators. /s

[Fred Nerks]

I know I shouldn't do this, but I really can't help myself, as an Australian, I sometimes wonder if we really do speak the same language?

When I went over they’re, there I found they had already ridden there their motorcycles away. Someone standing their there said that they went back to there their homes.

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Reform will never happen because if someone even made a peep about cutting public school funding, they'd be beaten to a pulp.

I can just hear the screaming: "Oh, so you don't want our precious children to get an education? Troglodyte republican teabagger!"

[itssme]

I'm with you there, wintertime. But I will reinterate that PARENTS must get involved. Parents in the past knew what their kids were being taught in school... mothers were active in the PTA. And then mothers went to work outside of the home. Today, you have parents who are into their own worlds, and/or have no time to devote to the education of their children. They've left that job to someone else to do. And so the left saw their opportunity and stepped in, and here we are today.