Mich school district allows sikh students to carry daggers (insane)

[GeronL]

But if you had a 2-inch plastic GI Joe rifle, you could be suspended.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/01/michigan-school-district-allows-sikh-students-wear-religious-dagger-school/?cmpid=cmty_other_Michigan_School_District_Allows_Sikh_Students_to_Wear_Religious_Dagger_to_School



A Detroit-area district says it's allowing Sikh students to wear a small, religious dagger to school, MyFoxDetroit.com reports.

The decision by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools reverses a ban put in place in December after a fourth-grader at a Canton Township elementary school was found with a dull, 3- to 5-inch kirpan.

The kirpan represents a commitment to fight evil in the Sikh tradition. The dagger is a religious symbol that baptized Sikh males are expected to carry.

The principal initially let the boy keep the kirpan, but the school board instituted a ban because of parental concerns and conflicts with the district's rules against bringing weapons to school.

The Detroit Free Press and WXYZ-TV report that under the new guidelines, kirpans meeting certain criteria will be allowed for Sikh students.

[apples]

Detroit...hmmm.

[JohnBrowdie]

now wonder the detroit public schools need their own police department.  at this rate, they will need their own army soon.

[apples]

now wonder the detroit public schools need their own police department.  at this rate, they will need their own army soon.

Do they have a morgue?

[Vonne]

This is actually a fairly prosperous and affluent suburban city and school district, halfway between Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Michigan has a Zero-Tolerance policy on weapons on school grounds, so I'd be curious how this holds up if challenged.

Regardless and even presuming that they're likely ceremonial ornaments, with just the outside of appearance of a knife and scabbard, it's still...    ...and a bit of  : at the political correctness running amok.

[GeronL]

Isn't it amazing when certain groups get special rights.

Carry dagger is fine, but not a cross.

Gay dating club is fine but not an incest club or a necrophilia club

[Vonne]

Isn't it amazing when certain groups get special rights.

Indeed.

Carry dagger is fine, but not a cross.

Disturbingly true, albeit I can't recall the rationale for the ban on that girl wearing her cross or rosary.

Gay dating club is fine but not an incest club or a necrophilia club

Well... that's a pretty drastic jump... but more importantly, not to imply that I'm a fan, but have you seen Ricky Gervais's comedy skit on that very subject?

[jafo2010]

A ban on weapons is pretty standard in most schools across America, and usually results in the students immediate expulsion from most suburban schools.  This will NOT hold up in the courts.