Christian persecution here and abroad
From the Daily Mail...
A school has banned Christian pupils from wearing rings that symbolise the teenagers' belief in chastity until marriage.
Youngsters have been ordered to remove the 'purity rings' because they contravene the school's uniform policy.
Millais School, an all-girls' comprehensive in West Sussex, has a strict 'no jewellery' rule, allowing only small stud earrings.
But the girls' families argue that that the rings - simple bands of silver given to youngsters who complete an evangelical church course preaching abstinence - hold genuine religious significance.
Parents also point out that the school allows Muslim and Sikh pupils to wear headscarves or kara bracelets as a means of religious expression.
The comments on the article are also very revealing. You can tell who despises religion, and who respects it. Rarely will you find Christians opposing the idea of allowing people of other faiths to exercise their religion. In fact, more often than not they will join with them to fight for that right. Yet Atheists and Agnostics, who enjoy, both in the US and the UK, religions funded and supported by government, hold other religions in contempt and see no problem with blatant discrimination against them.
For example...
She knew her speech as valedictorian of Foothill High School would be cut short, but Brittany McComb was determined to tell her fellow graduates what was on her mind and in her heart.
But before she could get to the word in her speech that meant the most to her -- Christ -- her microphone went dead.
The decision to cut short McComb's commencement speech Thursday at The Orleans drew jeers from the nearly 400 graduates and their families that went on for several minutes.
However, Clark County School District officials and an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday that cutting McComb's mic was the right call.
The ACLU supports censorship, yet wants to be known as the opponent of it.
Posted by Danny Carlton at June 20, 2006 9:07 AM