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If it were a ban on all religious costumes and customs in school it would be fair.  Overzealous and unnecessary, but fair.

But this is worse.  Special protected classes get better treatment.  It’s discrimination, and even though it’s now seen as PC, it’s just as bad as Jim Crow, etc.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Rob: “Fairness” is not achieved by “banning”; that’s repression.  Real fairness is accomplished by complete inclusion.

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I thought liberals pride themselves on fairness?

The sheer two faced hypocisy of this is staggering to me.

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I thought liberals pride themselves on fairness?

HG,

No, Sir.  Liberals pride themselves on “fairness,” “diversity,” “inclusiveness,” and of course “democracy.”

To liberals its the words that matter, not the actually concepts those words describe… all of which are anathema to liberals anyway.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

First Brittons ban guns and prosecute those who defend their own homes.  Now they are turning against token expressions.  Even the black panthers here in the USA won their case to wear black armbands from our Surpreme Court in the 1970s, but of course, the race card played a part in that case.  This is yet one more example of NOT freedom of expression, religion, moral stance or anything good and proper.  Shame on them.  England was already off my list of European countries to visit.

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Rob: “Fairness” is not achieved by “banning”; that’s repression.  Real fairness is accomplished by complete inclusion.

Except that complete inclusion isn’t always possible.  If we decide we want to let Christian students pray in school, we have to allow equal time for Muslim students.  But Muslims pray several times throughout the day.  Plus, there may be other religions out there who have prayer requirements that just aren’t practical for a school setting.

So what we’re left with is trying to find a reasonable compromise that respects a spirit of inclusion while not actively treating one creed differently than another.

Clearly that has happened in this instance with Muslim students being able to wear the symbol of their religion, but not Christian students.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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If it were a ban on all religious costumes and customs in school it would be fair.

Respectfully, a celibacy ring is not a religious custom or garb. It is not a religious requirement that Christian girls wear these rings, different than it is with the muslims and the sikhs. at any rate, when the school begins telling the girl that sh can’t be celibate, then they have a case. chances are its a private school with a dress code. private means private. we aren’t going to endorse thrusting forced acceptance on private organizations now are we? seems like something most here would be against.

Yun Chu said, “You must strictly not express in words what is very significant. Both dragon and snake are killed in one blow.”

Respectfully, Sparkie, you miss the point.  It is not up to the school, private or public, to determine what does or does not qualify as an expression of one’s religious faith.

As has been pointed out, had the school chosen to ban all such articles of attire, then the Christian chick wouldn’t have much of an argument.  But having opened the door, so to speak, to Muslims and Sikhs, they are hard pressed to defend closing on a Christian.  It is not up to the school to determine the parameters of this girl’s faith… including her commitment to premarital celibacy.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

When we were confirmed as Lutheran we received a necklace with a diamond studded cross. There would be no way someone is going to tell me I can not wear that while I attend school. This girl had her rights violated. Where is the
UK ACLU when they could actually be doing something correct for once?

Bat: Two things: if it’s not a religious custom, as Sparkie stated, then what basis does the school have for banning her ring?
The other one is the 800 pound gorilla in this “room”: everyone knows that Muslims might do something ugly, like behead you on video, but they also know that Christians won’t.  End of story.

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Even with all the BS that lefties like Rosie put out, the leftie cowards know that they can attack Christians without fear of reprisal.  Not so with the Muslims, so, like the cowards they are, the lefties cater to the Muslims and attack the Christians.  No matter how much philosophy BS they spout, they are just afraid, that’s all.  They want to ban guns because they know they deserve to be shot for being traitors to America.

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Where is the UK ACLU when they could actually be doing something correct for once?

Anna,

They are probably sitting around waiting for the next 30-ish Middle Eastern male to object that his conviction for attempted suicide bombing should be overturned because the search of his backpack which turned up the bomb was the result of illicit racial profiling.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”