On Jan 12, 8:33*pm, jps wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:06:08 -0500, Gene



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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:56:41 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"Gene" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:03:04 -0800, jps wrote:

MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.

God forbid individualism. *That's too American for Texas.

I'm sure that kid's long hair is preventing all of the other 4 year
olds from learning..... but, then..... it becomes all to obvious when
education is tossed in deference to indoctrination....

That's right! Another example - gay marriage preventing hetero couples from
enjoying their relationships!

Biggest problem with gay.... well most anything.... is that it is so
IN-YOUR-FACE.

I wouldn't, as a hetero, expect to display my sexuality like this in
public. I don't need to see this, my kids don't need to see this, and
my grand kids don't need to see this. Frankly, it gets MUCH worse than
this.... whips, chains, leashes, Corinthian leather.... fine.... keep
it to yourself...
http://tinyurl.com/yrohxb

Sorry, can't transmit mindbleach through the net.....

The problem here is that you've been conditioned to think of gay as
equating with S&M and other fetishes, which are certainly not
exclusive to the gay population.

Take Mrs. Herring for example. *She's clearly into masochism, she
probably just doesn't dress up.

.....but Herring does. Maybe he was a Fan of Hoover.... That guy was a
real " Queen".