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Originally posted by whomod:
When I was in High school, it was a different problem. You'd be asked to go home or remove clothing that was offensive to religion. Such as the Dead Kennedy's t-shirt that shows christ on a cross of dollar bills. Not once did i ever see anyone ever have to remove cricifixes or stars of David necklaces or anything. So to me it sounds rather unbeleivable and paranoid.
and yet it happens.

necklaces can be concealed, and thus might not be directly violating anything.

but plaques, desk ornamens, shirts, signs, window clings, stickers, etc... all can, and have, been removed. you hear about this type of stuff everyonce in a while on the news.

im not even religious (!) and yet, i can see this as an unnecessarily cumbersome ordeal.

its not paranoia -- its actuality.

20-30 years ago, no one would have thought the judge was doing anything wrong -- or, to better state, no one would have called him on it.

now, its a huge issue.

by the letter of the law, or at least the way its currently carried out, he's wrong.

5-10 years from now, those same letters could be carried further (as said before, the pledge, the court system of swearing in, our dollar... all could, and will, be next).

its not the ruling i'm upset with, its the rule, itself.