Ho, ho, no
Posted on 12/24/2004 1:18:44 AM PST by JohnHuang2
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A seventh-grade student who thought a Santa Claus outfit might add cheer to a "holiday" event at school was sadly mistaken when he was ordered to remove the red suit and white beard due, according to the principal, to concern about the so-called "separation of church and state."
Ho, ho, no |
Bryan Lafond's costume at a Hampton Academy Junior High School dance in Hampton, N.H., last Friday was "inappropriate" for a dress-up dance, said Superintendent James Gaylord, who denied any connection to religious concerns, the Manchester Union-Leader reported.
But the academy's principal, Fred Muscara, told a Hampton newspaper, "It was a holiday party. It was not a Christmas party. There is a separation of church and state. We have a lot of students that go to Hampton Academy Junior High that have different religions. We have to be sensitive to that."
Nancy Serpis, chairman of the Hampton School Board, told the Manchester paper when asked about the costume, "It's nice if we can respect one another's religious beliefs."
"We try to be sensitive to everyone and in trying to do that, sometimes people feel excluded," she said.
Gaylord maintained barring the costume was not an act of political correctness but a violation of the dress code for the "dress-up" dance.
Lafond was told to go to a locker room to remove the Santa suit, but he left the building, creating a possible safety issue, said Gaylord.
The superintendent also was concerned the beard covering the student's face made it difficult to know who was behind it.
To Gaylord's knowledge, no other student wore a costume.
If I could transmit my real anger about all of this you would all be picking shards of monitor glass from your foreheads for a week. Just being polite.
Merry Festivus.
No, it is not you. I have noticed more this "Holiday" season too.
He would have been welcomed as a "political prisoner".
The more these people try to defend the indefensible, the sillier they look.
Since when was Santa part of the church and state thingy? Well, he may be the patron saint of crass commercialism. The school officials are morons.
LOL Or how the Second Amendment refers to a National Guard decades before it's creation.
They are becoming atheist Nazis, secular commissars.
/sarcasm?
Merry Christmas!
I don't think many of them are smart enough to realize that -- yet, and zero-tolerance policies sure don't help endear public education to students (victims) and their parents either.
Do I also understand that this happened at a PRIVATE school, yet the principal is so ignorant as to harp about church and state?
MM
I forget... was Santa a shepherd or one of the 3 wise men?
EXACTLY! While reading this I said to hubby "What's next, banning Bugs Bunny? Homer Simpson? Greek myths?" I mean sheesh, Santa is NOT a religious symbol. What a bunch of PC idiots.
Now that is a fascinating tidbit....what a piece of work that one is.....glad she is still rotting in prison.
Thanx!
I put it to good use spreading, er, Holiday cheer!
(Yea, that's it!)
Hey Christians,,,this is what happens when you allow something like santa clause to get into your religion!
If these edukators who profess this politically correct "seperation of church and state" really believe it does exist in the Constitution, why don't they demonstrate the courage of their own convictions and refuse to take a paid holiday at Christmas?
A holiday party... what holiday were they celebrating? This is Christmas, and those with different religions celebrate their own holidays.
LOL, and what does Santa have to do with the Church? How about dressing up as a reindeer, I guess we have the problem of “separation of church and state” as well.
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