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Originally Posted by MarchHare
http://www.globalnews.ca/opinions+di...876/story.html
I've been thinking about this story for the last 30 minutes, and I still can't decide which side I'm on. I certainly support everyone's right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression, but at the same time, schools have to maintain an environment that isn't considered hostile to anyone's beliefs (or lack thereof). If the student was wearing a shirt that said "God loves me" or "Jesus is my saviour", I don't think a suspension would be warranted.
Likewise, nobody would be questioning the suspension if his t-shirt was emblazoned with a swastika or a slogan that said "God hates fags". We acknowledge there are reasonable limits on what students are free to express in the interest of maintaining an open and inclusive public education system.
So can the expression "Life is wasted without Jesus" be reasonably interpreted as being hostile towards other students? I'm honestly not sure. I personally wouldn't be upset by it, but I very well might have been when I was in high school and struggling with my religious beliefs. What if the situation was reversed and an atheist student worse a t-shirt that said "Christians are wasting their lives"? Would that be reasonably interpreted as being hostile towards Christian students and worthy of suspension?
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Only a liberal ninny would be upset by someone else's t-shirt, especially something as innocuous as "Life is wasted without Jesus".
It seems to me that Christians are being bullied more and more these days....
Something tells me that if a student was wearing a shirt with a pro-gay slogan on it, it would be celebrated as brave and courageous.