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Christian School Expels Girl for Wearing Rainbow Sweater on Her Birthday

rocket88 said:
They can have whatever dress code they want. The fact is, she wore a sweater with a rainbow on it at a private party. She got expelled because some idiot saw a rainbow and thought "teh gayz!"
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If the rules stated that rainbows and multicolored cakes were unacceptable at any time and place, I'd have no problem with their enforcing the rules, as they would have been agreed to by all parties. Using an undefined term like "lifestyle violations" means that the school can make up the rules as they go along.
 
Rising Sun said:
Tough call but I'd say neither. Still, if a school revealed private information on your kid, wouldn't you have a winnable lawsuit?
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I might. I just can't see parents revealing something like that when they are trying to defend their child's conduct. In my opinion the information was released by the school to support their statement that she had been repeatedly guilty of lifestyle violations.
 
Rising Sun said:
So? Private school, their rules. Kayla is now free to go to public school. Winner-Winner!
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Does it say anywhere in the handbook that the school would be making up the rules as they go along?
 
nota bene said:
Where is it stated definitively that the issue is about the sweater? Half the headlines I've seen while Googling have been about the cake.
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Which would be equally disturbing. Very Orwellian thought police nanny state.
 
bearpoker said:
I don't know about Fish, but I'm interested. I wouldn't call it a death cult. I'd like to know why you do.
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It promotes racism, hatred, nationalism stokes paranoia and class and tribal resentment. It's led by a venerated cult figure who is not only literally mobbed up, but is actively subverting and destroying the constitution and its limits.

It should be obvious to anyone familiar with twump's lifelong criminal history, mob ties and what his worshipers are eagerly willing to tolerate and promote.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Which would be equally disturbing. Very Orwellian thought police nanny state.
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Oh, please. :roll:

I really don't know how you can say this when none of us have enough of the facts. We have no idea what this student's disciplinary history is or anything else yet. And FERPA will probably prevent the school from sharing information.
 
nota bene said:
Which brings up an important point: The parents chose this school for their daughter and knew what the expectations are. As set forth in the student handbook, those expectations are clear.
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Bingo! It's a private school. As long as no federal funds are involved and as long as the school conforms to accreditation standards they can teach hate in the name of love. There is no law against that. Most of us would likely not send our children there or to similar schools, but some people want their children to be educated in the manner in which Whitefield educates its students.

It's Kayla Kenney's mom's responsibility to know about the school. Ultimately the entire affair falls on Kayla's parents. Why put your child in that position to begin with?

I damn sure wouldn't send one of my children to such a school.
 
rocket88 said:
Christian School Expels Girl for Wearing Rainbow Sweater on Her Birthday | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

Whitefield Academy, a private Christian school, expelled 15-year-old freshman*Kayla Kenney*for having the*audacity*to celebrate her birthday with a multi-colored cake while wearing a rainbow sweater.

Because*everyone*knows what that really means.

We don't even know that she's gay. But hey, rainbows, OMG! Guess the Noah story doesn't mean anything to them.
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It really cracks me up when right-wing nuts hysterically claim that "leftists want to rule their lives" when it's the religious right that wants to dictate what one can do or wear in their own home!

Right-wing nuts are all about morality unless it's one of them that's screwing up.. like trump committing adultery, or "pro-life" congressmen making their wives and girlfriends get abortions.
 
VanceMack said:
Dood...you get that the sweater was worn at a private non school related gathering...right?

this story is just...stupid. The school is wrong...undeniably...unquestionably wrong. It is as wrong for that school to discipline her for her off campus clothing choice and cake as it was for the school that suspended a student for posting pictures of him at a gun range...and I suspect you were probably pretty upset about THAT injustice...right?
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What difference does it make that the event was off campus? In our current society we are seeing people getting fired from their jobs all the time for saying something on social media their employers found unacceptable. Is that wrong? Maybe, but then those things usually end up having to be decided in court if they are challenged. Maybe this girl or her representatives will challenge the school policy in court. Otherwise not much else can be done, apparently.
 
nota bene said:
We don't know...yet. I've looked at the mother's FB page and clicked over to one of her friends, and on that page, a writer/online editor for the "Today" show is trying to contact the mother through the friend. So I guess we will be learning more shortly. (I hope the mom doesn't choose to go on the show if invited.)
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They probably have a policy against gay activism. Which, okay, but why do we assume that's what this was?
 
Whether or not she was using the rainbow as a symbol of LGBT pride would depend entirely on contextual factors we're not privy to. In other words, without knowing what she's done/said in the past in the sight of school administrators, it's impossible to know whether it was an innocent usage of a rainbow or just one more subtle offense to the school's moral code--the proverbial last straw.

FWIW, I agree that if Ms. Kenney had no history of LGBT activism then the assumption that a rainbow cake is an endorsement of perverse sexuality is both premature and unfair.

There's also a distinct possibility that she's simply a colossal headache as a student, and this just happened to be a convenient pretext for getting rid of her. :shrug:
 
bearpoker said:
If the rules stated that rainbows and multicolored cakes were unacceptable at any time and place, I'd have no problem with their enforcing the rules, as they would have been agreed to by all parties. Using an undefined term like "lifestyle violations" means that the school can make up the rules as they go along.
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Exactly.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Dictating what a student wears when not on their premises and off the clock. How very orwellian, nanny state of you. Maybe the school should install cameras in the kids home to monitor her every move and decision.
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I take it you do not agree with school policy?
 
marke said:
I take it you do not agree with school policy?
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Show me their school policy that dictates dress code off the clock and off school premises. And if you could (which you cannot) who in their right mind would except that. As somebody stated, right wingers cry and complain about left-wingers want to control everybody’s lives when its really fundamental Christians that try to dictate what people do in their private lives.
 
The Christian school should concern itself less with political statements and more with Jesus's statements.
 
From an ABC affiliate [Interview with mother at the link, and you can see the cake receipt, which does not specify a rainbow design]:

Afterward, the school sent a letter to Kenney's family saying the 15-year-old was being expelled, effective Jan. 6, for "a continued breach of the Whitefield code of conduct, which was discussed in-person on October 17, 2019."

Alford said she also received an email, saying her daughter's behavior "demonstrates a posture of morality and cultural acceptance contrary to that of Whitefield Academy's beliefs." Alford said the daughter's email was in reference to the post on social media, while the school said Kenney violated the student code of conduct numerous times over the past two years.

...The school's code of conduct addresses sexual orientation and notes that a student's off-campus behavior must align with those beliefs or face disciplinary action.

"All parents who enroll their children in our private school know up front that we ask the students to adhere to a lifestyle informed by our Christian beliefs," the school said in a statement.

Whitefield Academy in Kentucky expels student for wearing rainbow shirt, having rainbow cake, family says | abc13.com

From MSN.com:

Jacobson, the Academy's head, says that expulsion came after "two years of continuous violations of our student code of conduct."

"Inaccurate media reports circling stating that the student in question was expelled from our school solely for a social media post," the school said in a statement. "In fact, she has unfortunately violated our student code of conduct numerous times over the past two years."

The school added that Whitefield Academy is accredited by ACSI/AdvaceED and a member of the Non Public School Commission of Kentucky, and therefore we meet all Kentucky regulations and laws. Our code is on pare [sic] with ther private Christian schools in our area. IT is unfortunate that one of the student's parents chose to post internal family matters on social media, and we hope our former student is not adversely affected by what her parents chose to make public about her situation." Louisville Christian school expelled student over a rainbow cake, family says
 
HenryChinaski said:
Show me their school policy that dictates dress code off the clock and off school premises. And if you could (which you cannot) who in their right mind would except that. As somebody stated, right wingers cry and complain about left-wingers want to control everybody’s lives when its really fundamental Christians that try to dictate what people do in their private lives.
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Suppose she's been cited multiple times for LGBT activism (which we can neither prove nor disprove). How would you interpret rainbow-coloured paraphernalia in that context?

Or, consider the analogous situation: a 15-year-old boy is kicked out of a school for wearing an '88' jersey. The number "88" is used as a symbol by various neo-Nazi groups. Without knowing anything about his history, we might scoff, "Ridiculous! Expelled for simply wearing the number 88." But what if his pastime is stirring up support for Nazism and white supremacy, with multiple citations? Then the "88" takes on a whole new significance. It isn't a harmless coincidence. It's passive-aggressive defiance to the moral order of the school. I'd have no problem with the school kicking his arse to the curb, and I doubt many right-wingers would disagree with me.

Don't judge without the facts.
 
COTO said:
Suppose she's been cited multiple times for LGBT activism (which we can neither prove nor disprove). How would you interpret rainbow-coloured paraphernalia in that context?

Or, consider the analogous situation: a 15-year-old boy is kicked out of a school for wearing an '88' jersey. The number "88" is used as a symbol by various neo-Nazi groups. Without knowing anything about his history, we might scoff, "Ridiculous! Expelled for simply wearing the number 88." But what if his pastime is stirring up support for Nazism and white supremacy, with multiple citations? Then the "88" takes on a whole new significance. It isn't a harmless coincidence. It's passive-aggressive defiance to the moral order of the school. I'd have no problem with the school kicking his arse to the curb, and I doubt many right-wingers would disagree with me.

Don't judge without the facts.
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I intepret wearing the gay pride sweat shirt as loving thy neighbor. You?
 
COTO said:
Suppose she's been cited multiple times for LGBT activism (which we can neither prove nor disprove). How would you interpret rainbow-coloured paraphernalia in that context?
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That's just it: We don't have the facts.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
Because you see the idea of killing Christians including women and children at church in a mass shooting as quality entertainment. You’re clearly not bothered enough by it to agree it’s wrong
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Are you presenting the above as an 'opinion', or a 'statement of fact' ?
 
COTO said:
Suppose she's been cited multiple times for LGBT activism (which we can neither prove nor disprove). How would you interpret rainbow-coloured paraphernalia in that context?

Or, consider the analogous situation: a 15-year-old boy is kicked out of a school for wearing an '88' jersey. The number "88" is used as a symbol by various neo-Nazi groups. Without knowing anything about his history, we might scoff, "Ridiculous! Expelled for simply wearing the number 88." But what if his pastime is stirring up support for Nazism and white supremacy, with multiple citations? Then the "88" takes on a whole new significance. It isn't a harmless coincidence. It's passive-aggressive defiance to the moral order of the school. I'd have no problem with the school kicking his arse to the curb, and I doubt many right-wingers would disagree with me.

Don't judge without the facts.
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In 2020 that would be disturbing and should be a warning sign to stay away from such an institution. And I find comparing donning LGBT clothing to Neo-Nazi gear reprehensible and offensive. Especially being as I grew up around Neo-Nazi skins, some of which are in prison for rape and manslaughter. A rainbow isn't a hate symbo.l 88 and Swastika's are.
 
j brown's body said:
I intepret that as loving thy neighbor. You?
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Loving your neighbour means forgiving their transgressions, dealing with them calmly and patiently, and striving to help them out of tough situations. It doesn't mean being a doormat, compromising one's morals, or ignoring two years of violations of an express moral code.

So again: if this was just the rainbow cake and the school militantly cracking down out of the blue, I agree with you it's far too harsh a response and inconsistent with Christian love and prudence. But in the far more likely case that this is a fed-up school board saying enough to a self-willed student who's repeatedly shown open contempt for the values on which the school is built, I've no doubt that Christ himself will approve them in the judgment. Christ was patient and longsuffering, but he was not a doormat who tolerated the practice of sin, no matter what the more progressive churches claim.
 
COTO said:
Loving your neighbour means forgiving their transgressions, dealing with them calmly and patiently, and striving to help them out of tough situations. It doesn't mean being a doormat, compromising one's morals, or ignoring two years of violations of an express moral code.

So again: if this was just the rainbow cake and the school militantly cracking down out of the blue, I agree with you it's far too harsh a response and inconsistent with Christian love and prudence. But in the far more likely case that this is a fed-up school board saying enough to a self-willed student who's repeatedly shown open contempt for the values on which the school is built, I've no doubt that Christ himself will approve them in the judgment. Christ was patient and longsuffering, but he was not a doormat who tolerated the practice of sin, no matter what the more progressive churches claim.
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Right wing authoritarian asshole fundie christians trying to control peoples lives. The kids better off and they taught her a good lesson to run very far away from that crowd.
 
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