Posted on 06/04/2013 11:44:25 AM PDT by rickmichaels
An Alabama teenager was denied her high school diploma and fined $1,000 for wearing a feather on her graduation cap to celebrate her Native American heritage.
Escambia Academy High School in Atmore, Ala., makes its students and staff sign a pre-graduation contract agreeing not to wear "extraneous items during graduation exercises unless approved by the administration."
Chelsey Ramer, 17, tried in vain to get approval to attach an eagle's feather to her graduation cap as a symbol of her Native culture.
"They told me that if I wore it that they would pull me off the field," Ramer, a member of the Poarch Creek Band, told NBC affiliate Local 15.
But Ramer wore it anyway and refused to sign the dress-code contract.
The school wouldn't give Ramer her diploma. She now has to fork over $1,000 to get it.
The teen, however, regrets nothing.
"It was worth it. It means a lot to me," Ramer said.
I have a wonderful recipe for poached eagle.
Some of us have to work.
My mom can make it taste just like spotted owl.
The American practice of controlling fires in forests was to cut down and dispose of all dead trees. That way the Potomac River basin, a primary habitat for eagles since time began, was quickly cleared of eagles.
Then one day they figured out what it took for eagles to nest successfully and make new eagles. We leave a lot of dead trees up. The eagles came back. They are everywhere around here.
Does the taste of an owl change if it gets spotted?
So you have time to read and respond to all of these comments on FR, but not 30 seconds to take a look at the school website? Lame excuse, dude.
“It is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. If you ask for permission and it is denied, then you can’t later ask for forgiveness.”
It’s a school that apparently tries to instill Christian values. Your statement is out of step with the biblical instruction to honor those who rule over you (Heb. 13)
“5 “A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God...You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together. “You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself...” - Dt 22
“You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material...You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.” - Lev 19
“13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16 If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.” 1 Cor 11
“8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.” - 1 Tim 2
Just a sample.
Private school. I disagree with this - but they should have pulled her from the ceremony and awarded her her degree.
In any case, nobody’s forcing her to graduate from there.
"You are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel" (Numbers 15:38).
"A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this." (NIV, Deuteronomy 22:5)
There's just a few quick ones from the Old Testament. You can find more if you take some time to research. Also some in the New Testament.
She should scatter a couple of eagle feathers in the back yard of the principal, or whoever is giving her trouble, and then call the state Fish & Wildlife service, saying that she saw them kill an eagle...
Someone would go to prison over that...
Just sayin...
Mark
Here are two:
Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 22:11-12
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
"I don't think it's fair at all. I feel like it's discrimination," the 17-year-old says.
“I feel like this wasn’t fair. It felt like it wasn’t legal,” Ramer said. “It really did hurt my feelings."
How long till little Princess Summerfall Winterspring will be featured on PMSNBC as the new Sandra Fluck...who had her 15 minutes of fame as the new Cindy Sheehan.
Tomorrow, Obama will send the little princess smoke signals from the White House chimney asking her if she's okay after all the victimization.
In a few years we'll see her decked out in feathers, braids, moccasins, carrying a fake papoose in a sling on her back demonstrating angrily in an Occupy Little Big Horn squat-in.
Leni
Thanks for the reply.
The references posted show that the biblical constraints on raiment, are not really so strict, and are given for sensible reasons.
BTW, the ‘fringe’ refers to the doubled blue thread that is to be woven into the corners of the cape, which is often simply called the “garment.” This is the part of Yeshua’s garment that the woman with the issue of blood touched to be healed.
None of them relate in any way to a feather attached to a head covering.
She’s not Islamic; Obama won’t do a thing for her.
>> “Also some in the New Testament.” <<
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Everything called out in the NT refers to the same thing in the OT. The NT is primarily the announcement of the fulfillment of the promises of the OT.
You need to calm down, I am just repeating what I heard from an Apache Indian in New Mexico.
Your original comment was:
“Yeshua never criticised the dress of the people.”
Scripture shows us that the Word (Yeshua) did indeed comment on dress.
And, no, nothing about feathers...
But, yes, something about humbling oneself...something about honoring one’s father and mother...something about obedience...something about denying oneself...so, in the case of this little scholar, yes, something about her feather. It is the sin-nature that puffs us up and makes us assert our “rights”. In Christ, we have our example, who, being in the form of God...humbled Himself and became obedient...obedient unto the death of the cross.
And she was asked to lay her feather aside...
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