Straight Pride!!!
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Finally Political Correctness take a hit! God Bless that judge!
I am NOT Homophobic nor do I wish for the passage of any laws but I believe that our schools should not be teaching our children about Sexuality...that is the parents job!
Finally Political Correctness take a hit! God Bless that judge!
I am NOT Homophobic nor do I wish for the passage of any laws but I believe that our schools should not be teaching our children about Sexuality...that is the parents job!
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But you're right...speaking out one way will understandably cause a backlash in the other direction. That's life.
Wether its "gay pride", "straight pride", "I'm with stupid -->"... whatever...
teens will be teens...
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It's not like the shirt was saying to kill a certain group of people or anything. That would be out of line. But wearing a shirt that says you're proud of who you are and being punished for it is ridiculous.
Forget this "express yourself through what you wear" BS. And this crap about student first amendment rights is a myth too. I don't remember anyone going to court for me because i got detention for expressing my unfavorable opinion of certain teachers.
I like these schools that do fairly modern uniforms/dress codes. Ya know, jeans and a blue shirt or something. Hell, it doesn't matter so long as everyone has to wear the same thing, it's cheap, clean, and doesn't look like a british boarding school uniform. I think I saw some school having success with Hawaiian shirts even!
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even within the bounds of a shirt and tie and khakis, it becomes a contest.
Dont get me wrong, Im not homophobic, but it would be a funny think to wear around here (Vancouver, aka. San Francisco North).
School boys + young teen girls in school uniforms = out of control horomones = no learning!
Teens in school uniforms are the topic of millions of websites.
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If so, then would a shirt saying you're proud NOT to be XXXXX, be also allowed?
And how is that different than bashing the XXXXX?
But I HIGHLY disagree with your "uniform" theory. I too went to a uniform school for several years and this "competition" theory you have STILL existed... if it isn't clothing, it's something else... it's human nature to compete. No amount of Democratic Police work is going to pull that out of our Genes.
I agree with hmurchison on the sexuality issue, it is no right of the school system to teach something to the students that is the job of the parents to convey.
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I am for the ruling, but I think the point of if it had been rephrased so as to say the implicit "...not to be xxxx" is a good question.
I also think that school classes on human sexuality are fine, harmless and actually very important to many people: people who's parents are either ignorant, ideologically prudish or too self absorbed to acknowledge the world of sexuality. Its not legislating morality to teach students about the diverse biological/sociological realm of sexuality. .
. . it IS legislating morality to say that sex is a moral issue and to fear its public discussion.
Also, as far as teaching sex in schools I'm absolutely for it. If anything, I think we should teach it more and earleir. In the Netherlands they teach it before puberty and they cover everything. It's no coincidence that they have some of the lowest teenage pregnacy rates in the world. In general, knowledge is better than ignorance.
I don't know what they say about homosexuality, but I would imagine they don't shy away from the issue. Of course, I'm one of these crazy people who think that they were born heterosexual and no amount of exposure to Will & Grace can change that. Others may feel less confident in their sexuality.
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If so, then would a shirt saying you're proud NOT to be XXXXX, be also allowed?
And how is that different than bashing the XXXXX?
By that logic Gay pride, womens pride, black pride, etc. etc. etc. is racist.
No, though I dont doubt that this kid had a bit of a jab at gay pride in mind when he decided to wear this shirt, I really dont think that it in its self is a homophobic statment.
Crap, Im arguing again.
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No, though I dont doubt that this kid had a bit of a jab at gay pride in mind when he decided to wear this shirt, I really dont think that it in its self is a homophobic statment.
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I don't know if the kid was taking a jab at pride itself or at the attention it is getting.