November 3, 2008

Teen Told to Remove Anti-Abortion T-Shirt in School



Sorry haven't been able to blog for a long while but now I have a little time so here goes:

On CFRB's The Motts Show husband and wife team Paul & Carol Mott, among their topics were talking about a teen in a high-school(not exactly sure where) who was told to not wear his abortion(or should I say anti-abortion?) t-shirt.

On the front it said "stop killing my generation" and on the back it read "God says 'Thou Shalt Not Kill.'"

The teen was told by the principal to wear something else or wear that t-shirt inside out. He refused to listen.

A few weeks later his mother took the school to court and the court sided with the teen.

Though my personal belief is along the lines of what was written on the t-shirt I think the judge made a very big error by saying the teenager has a right to wear that t-shirt to school.

Here's why: Because when he goes into the workforce where the employees have to wear the same uniform is he going to go to court so he can wear the t-shirt of his choosing? Where do we draw the line? What kind of precedent are we setting? For anyone in any school and workplace to wear what they want? To not listen to the policy of the school and workplace so "if I don't like what they want me to wear I can take them to court knowing I'm getting my way."

And now what if another student wants to wear a "Don't Vote for Sarah Palin because women don't know politics" t-shirt or, "Don't Vote for Barack Obama because whites are better politicians" or a Hooters Restaurant t-shirt or some raunchy t-shirt or a girl in school wants to wear a t-shirt as in the image above)?

No? But "what about my right to wear what I want too?" will be the argument. I mention this to prove a point(the judge was wrong allowing the abortion t-shirt for the "my rights too" argument for this very reason). I can just see it happening sooner or later. p.s. by the way I have nothing against Palin or Obama but mention it to prove a point.

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