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.
Now we've gone from the already fraudulent doctrine of 'separation of church and state' to 'suppression of church by the state'
/sarcasm
Furthermore, wearing something like a Santa suit has nothing whatsoever to do with the seperation of church and state as written in the constitution, and it is infurating that rights we are born with are being abused by ignorant people such as this principal. I would like to see kids start wearing crosses around their neck and then let some idiot like this principal try and stop them. It would make an excellent case to take before the supreme court.
LOL Merry Christmas maestro!
bttt
"Do I also understand that this happened at a PRIVATE school, yet the principal is so ignorant as to harp about church and state?"
It's the public Jr. High School for Hampton. It was a private Academy until the 1920s or 1930s...
I know because I went there in the '60s...
Okay, thanks.
MM
Let me clarify. I graduated from Hampton Academy Junior High School in the '60s...
There, that's clearer.
I like it!
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