For the sake of being white, most likely not (although one could argue reverse discrimination). However, there are people who are discriminated against who are white, although that is not the basis of the discrimination (i.e. religion, finances, education).
)Since you do not know the disposition of every single person that wears a rosary, you shouldn’t assume that they are wearing it “like cheap costume jewelry.”In the first place, wearing a rosary like cheap costume jewelry is highly disrespectful. (Thanks Madonna…
I don’t think that they could outright ban rosaries. Obviously, a rosary in your pocket is not a gang symbol. But I do believe that they could ban them as visible jewelry if and only if.they could demonstrate that they have had a real problem with kids wearing rosaries and committing gang violence. However, the argument either way is nuanced and hypothetical.
I know the disposition of those who wear a rosary **like cheap costume jewelry
So because you claim to know their disposition, you would ban the wearing of all rosaries in all schools.
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good answer!I didn’t say that.So because you claim to know their disposition, you would ban the wearing of all rosaries in all schools.
Guess nuns that teach in Catholic schools should take theirs off too.
Sorry. I’ve been preoccupied this week with a death in my wife’s family, but I promise to look into it further.
I don’t think this really happened. There doesn’t seem to be any information on it. Perhaps it’s a variation of what happened in a Texas school in which rosaries were prohibited because of some alleged association with gangs.I have not been able to independently confirm this, but this past weekend our priest told us about this in his homily…]
Ironically, this took place at “Freedom Middle School.”
Asking a student to publicly identify his/her religious affiliation may be a violation. But the accounts I can find of this school’s policy don’t have any assembly mentioned. So I think we can ignore this for now.It seems that at a recent student assembly at one of the local public schools, the school’s security officer asked all the Catholic students to raise their hand; most of them did.
The ACLU looked into the incident that I referenced above feeling that it was a potential violation of religious rights. While they felt the school had a right to change policy to protect the students there was no evidence presented that showed that prohibiting the rosary would prevent gang activity or protect the students. See this.
Applying restrictions on the basis of ethnicity/race could constitute a violation of the civil rights act of 1964. It’s one of the protected classes. There’s a legal professional on this site (I think her name may be Mary1975 or something like it) that could probably illuminate protected classes more.Further, this did not just apply to Hispanic students displaying a rosary, but also applied to non-Hispanic students who might carry a rosary in their pocket or purse. So in theory, a white, honor student could be busted for belonging to a gang.
Also doesn’t seem to be part of any reported incident that I can find.Further, and this is the real shocker, the Catholic students were told that if they received the Eucharist in the form of the blood of Christ (i.e., wine) they would be in violation of the school’s zero-tolerance policy against alcohol.
I’m guessing the rule was referring to drinking communion wine, not to having it. In other words, one wouldn’t be allowed to go to morning mass and drink the communion wine before coming to school, or they’d consider you inebriated.
My first reaction is that this could be an overly sensationalized story and ask the priest for the source of this in order to confirm it. Banning of wearing rosaries is very common in schools because of the gang problems and yes it is saddly true that the wonderfu rosary has been abused to becoming a gang symbol or rock star neckless. Now maybe, the school did tell students that wearing rosaries are banned but some of it seams like it was stretched out of proportion in having Catholic students raise their hands in some assembly and telling them no more rosaries, not even in a pocket. Some of this also sounds a little racist and pits hispanics against wasps. I would make every effort to confirm this.I have not been able to independently confirm this, but this past weekend our priest told us about this in his homily.
It seems that at a recent student assembly at one of the local public schools, the school’s security officer asked all the Catholic students to raise their hand; most of them did.
In front of the rest of the student body, the Catholic students were told that if any student is caught with a rosary in their possession, it would be confiscated and the student would face disciplinary action. Why? Because some of the Hispanic students often wore rosaries around their necks like a necklace and apparently this is considered a gang symbol which is banned by school policy. Further, this did not just apply to Hispanic students displaying a rosary, but also applied to non-Hispanic students who might carry a rosary in their pocket or purse. So in theory, a white, honor student could be busted for belonging to a gang.
Further, and this is the real shocker, the Catholic students were told that if they received the Eucharist in the form of the blood of Christ (i.e., wine) they would be in violation of the school’s zero-tolerance policy against alcohol.
Ironically, this took place at “Freedom Middle School.”
Thoughts?
Hey max, you may not have read the later messages. But it seems that this incident is unverified and it is questioned whether or not it even happened as described.