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Sam Ward, principal of Fleming Island High School, said he pulled the senior class picture because Kelli Davis was wearing boy's clothes.
And...? I'm sorry, I thought this was theCentury of the Fruitbat 21st century. Surely females, at least, aren't forced to go around swooning in corsets...?
Most of the 24 people who spoke at the meeting supported Kelli Davis.
"This is not to be treated as a gay rights issue," said her mother, Cindi Davis. "Rather it's a human rights issue."
Hear, hear.
Others applauded Ward's decision, including Karen Gordon, who said, "When uniformity is compromised, then authority no longer holds."
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN??? Seriously, what the fuck? I can't even think of words to describe how angry this statement makes me feel.
Officials at the northeastern Florida school have said the picture was pulled from the yearbook because Davis did not follow the rules on dress.
And their dress code forbids this? Wha...?
School board attorney Bruce Bickner said there is no written dress code for senior pictures, but principals have the authority to set standards.
Oh, so they don't have a dress code. So, basically, they pulled these asinine rules out of their ass, and got offended when she didn't follow the rules she had no way of knowing existed.
The student editor of the yearbook, Keri Sewell, was fired after refusing her adviser's order to take the picture out.
And people wonder why teens don't have much faith or belief in the 1st Amendment. Possibly because they never get to exercise their First Amendment rights?
I'm going to go cry now.
Sam Ward, principal of Fleming Island High School, said he pulled the senior class picture because Kelli Davis was wearing boy's clothes.
And...? I'm sorry, I thought this was the
Most of the 24 people who spoke at the meeting supported Kelli Davis.
"This is not to be treated as a gay rights issue," said her mother, Cindi Davis. "Rather it's a human rights issue."
Hear, hear.
Others applauded Ward's decision, including Karen Gordon, who said, "When uniformity is compromised, then authority no longer holds."
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN??? Seriously, what the fuck? I can't even think of words to describe how angry this statement makes me feel.
Officials at the northeastern Florida school have said the picture was pulled from the yearbook because Davis did not follow the rules on dress.
And their dress code forbids this? Wha...?
School board attorney Bruce Bickner said there is no written dress code for senior pictures, but principals have the authority to set standards.
Oh, so they don't have a dress code. So, basically, they pulled these asinine rules out of their ass, and got offended when she didn't follow the rules she had no way of knowing existed.
The student editor of the yearbook, Keri Sewell, was fired after refusing her adviser's order to take the picture out.
And people wonder why teens don't have much faith or belief in the 1st Amendment. Possibly because they never get to exercise their First Amendment rights?
I'm going to go cry now.
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*whimpers for humanity*
Date: 2005-02-25 08:38 pm (UTC)Re: *whimpers for humanity*
Date: 2005-02-25 08:48 pm (UTC)I'd better find some shorter shorts
Date: 2005-02-25 08:51 pm (UTC)Re: I'd better find some shorter shorts
Date: 2005-02-25 08:53 pm (UTC)I said that wrong.
Re: I'd better find some shorter shorts
Date: 2005-02-25 08:55 pm (UTC)