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Doondoo (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:40 AM Original message |
School sued for not letting boy dress as Jesus for Halloween |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is a tough one. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. or Satan or Zeus or, take your pick (nt) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Right. I wonder if the rules were written generally or specifically. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Red devil constumes are not that uncommon. This is an instance of |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. My Favorite COSTUME |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. You are just bad! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I know I am |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
76. Mine too! I doubt anyone in my neighborhood would get it, though. nt |
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crud76 (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. No It's Not Tough |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I agree. The school is minimally involved in this. He should get to wear the constume. NT. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I believe a reasonably good attorney will argue that it is very much like |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. I agree, what I don't understand is how the "Christians" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Halloween Costumes Are Supposed to Be Scary! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I know I'm terrified of all the princesses |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I'm not exactly ready to ... uh... nail the kid over this. Or his parents. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. It's not tough at all. School's wrong. Slam dunk. (NT) |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. I agree |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. It's not tough at all. That school made a mistake. (nt) |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. nah, the school blew it |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good grief |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. The costume was already taken by Bush. |
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Doondoo (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. LOL! |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Indeed! Here's the picture: |
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iowa_democrat (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. easy to fix |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. I hear that three kids were allowed Mohammed costumes though. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
74. Does that mean they were invisible? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. If it is a function where students may participate... |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
11. i think the school went too far. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. gee, when I was a kid... |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. Did anyone else catch the irony of the suggested costume change? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. yeah, that was funny |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is PC ness going to far. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Let your kid go as Shoe Bomber Richard Reid |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Seems like the family will win easily. |
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Towelie (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. Oh FFS, letting a kid dress up as Jesus |
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BigDDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. WWJD? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. If he existed, he wouldn't have had a public school to attend in the |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
67. I do!! I do!! |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. Seems sacrilegious to me anyway, dressing up as Jesus |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Damned right, Tanuki. I am so glad to see your comment, finally. n/t |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. I'm with you on that one... |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
82. Strikes me as a tad sacriligious--but we used to have to dress up as saints in Catholic school |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. kids are free to promote religion all they damned well want |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. I have to side with the school |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm sure this was a set-up by religious whack jobs |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Even if the "religious whack jobs" set this up... |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Oh yes, totally agree |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
65. i'm sure you're right |
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Tyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. I think it's a great idea to have a Jesus at a Halloween party |
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DemKR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. ADF are hypocrites |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. It's a sin to impersonate Jesus? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. I think I missed that verse |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. Oh, great. Now the streets on Haloween will be crowded with hordes of boys and girls |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. No .............. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Maybe they could help bring the kids who had been a little under the weather |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
35. Well, at least |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. There are some atheists right-wing kids might appreciate if they didn't know they WERE atheists: |
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jollyreaper2112 (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Dressing up as Ayn Rand? |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. Franklin was not an athiest |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. Looks as if my link was wrong. Too bad the author didn't know what you have learned. |
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Felix Mala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. When will these types of "Christians" get half a brain and realize |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wish I had thought of dressing up as Jesus for Halloween |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. ok....dressing up as jesus? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. How about dressing as Lynndie England ? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. your point? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-24-07 03:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
81. oops forgot the sarcasm tag |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm surprised that any Christian Group, regardless of secular affiliation |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
45. I say if the kid wants to wear a dress, let him! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
48. The school is wrong |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. Leave the kid alone. Let him dress up as he wishes. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. The child has a legal right to promote his faith. The school doesn't. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
55. Halloween is not a religious holiday, so this should not be a problem |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. The costume would probably be offensive to many Christians. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. I don't see how dressing up as jesus is any different than dressing up as the Tooth Fairy |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
66. The kid is just a tool being pimped by poor put upon xtian legal activists... |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. what silliness |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. In this case I think the school is wrong... |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
73. So does that mean that the Alliance Defense Fund will come to my aid |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 02:57 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. He died for my right to carry concealed weapons. n/t |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. Man creates God/Satan. Man dresses up as God/Satan. Man is God/Satan. nt |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
77. I thought maybe they were insulted that the kid wanted to be Jesus. |
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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-23-07 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
80. School administrators are so freakin' retarded. |
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