Comments on: Thou shalt not be different http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/07/being_different/ Humanism, atheism and other freedoms Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:48:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ratgirl http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/07/being_different/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Ratgirl Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:06:30 +0000 http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/07/being_different/#comment-278 Actually, public school students have the right to wear clothing traditionally associated with either gender. Schools cannot discriminate on the basis of gender (i.e., all students can be barred from showing midriffs, for example, but male students cannot be barred from wearing skirts unless ALL students are barred from wearing skirts). Gender-related clothing has nothing to do with Christianity. It may be relevant to Orthodox Judaism, but a public school has no business enforcing the dogmas of any one religious sect. Actually, public school students have the right to wear clothing traditionally associated with either gender. Schools cannot discriminate on the basis of gender (i.e., all students can be barred from showing midriffs, for example, but male students cannot be barred from wearing skirts unless ALL students are barred from wearing skirts).

Gender-related clothing has nothing to do with Christianity. It may be relevant to Orthodox Judaism, but a public school has no business enforcing the dogmas of any one religious sect.

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