Well, go figure...

[bubba]

Hell, those ignorant buggers don't even know what a dress is, why should I credit anything they report?

[Aggie]

I saw this story first thing this morning on, I think abc national news. They ran the story without comment but I was suspect of their reasons for running the story. They showed a skirt at the beginning of the story and then showed the kid going up some stairs in what looked kilt-like. Perhaps someone else got a better look than I did while trying to save my breakfast from the dog.

[Sherry]

Here's a fuller article. To quote a friend, "I'll just say that they [the ACLU] aren't really about equality and civil rights. They are about politics and controlling policies."


School Allows Male Student to Wear Skirts
Jan 24, 2006 6:44 pm US/Eastern

A male high school student from Bergen County will allowed to wear a skirt to school after the American Civil Liberties Union intervened on his behalf.

The ACLU of New Jersey announced Tuesday that it had reached an
agreement with the Hasbrouck Heights School District allowing 17-year-old Michael Coviello, a high school senior, to wear the attire as a protest against the school's no-shorts policy.

The district's dress code bans shorts between Oct. 1 and April 15, but allows skirts, a policy Coviello believes is discriminatory.

At first, Coviello wore a costume-style dress, and high school
officials objected, telling him to go home and change. The district's superintendent then advised the Coviello to purchase everyday dresses and skirts at a retail store, which Coviello did, the ACLU said.

But after a few days, the student was sent home with a note from his principal saying if he wore a dress, kilt or skirt, he could no longer attend school.

That was when his mother contacted the ACLU, which in turn contacted the superintendent on Jan. 3. The organization protested that all students _ not just girls _ are entitled to wear skirts, and that Coviello's fashion statement is protected by the First Amendment.

Last week, the district agreed that Coviello could wear skirts.

``I'm happy to be able to wear skirts again to bring attention to the fact that the ban on shorts doesn't make sense,'' said Coviello in a statement.

The Hasbrouck Heights superintendent, Joseph C. Luongo, did not
return telephone messages left Tuesday by The Associated Press.
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_024152435.html

[flyv65]

Here's a fuller article. To quote a friend, "I'll just say that they [the ACLU] aren't really about equality and civil rights. They are about politics and controlling policies."

I'd have to respectfully say that nothing in this article would support your friend's statement, Sherry. The ACLU has done some things that pi$$ed me off royally, but I can't recall offhand a time they didn't come down on the side of the Constitution, despite popular opinion.

Bryan...in fact, I see similarities between our Xmarks family and the ACLU... ;)

[GMan]

An interesting story, glad you shared Prester

[mudd]

but I can't recall offhand a time they didn't come down on the side of the Constitution, despite popular opinion.

If you exclude the 2nd Amendment, that is.

[minimalistix]

If you exclude the 2nd Amendment, that is.

No kidding. The ACLU seems to get things right about half the time. ;)

Even Rush Limbaugh said something to the effect 'no, we're not talking about a kilt' when he mention the story. Seems even he knows the difference between skirts and kilts which is more then I can say about a lot of those in the media.

[Blu (Ontario)]

No kidding. The ACLU seems to get things right about half the time. ;)

This is a group Canadians hear about in the news from time to time but I don't know that we have anything similar here north of the border to compare to it.

... Seems even he knows the difference between skirts and kilts which is more then I can say about a lot of those in the media.

Or perhaps those others simply like to play ignorant to give them something to say.

[NewKilt]

Wonder if he only gets to wear skirts as a protest during the period that shorts are banned, or based on the ACLU's intervention, he can now wear skirts any time he chooses all school year?

The ideal decision would have been that male students would be permitted to wear traditional or non-traditional kilts anytime.

Darrell

[GlassMan]

Even Rush Limbaugh said something to the effect 'no, we're not talking about a kilt' when he mention the story. Seems even he knows the difference between skirts and kilts which is more then I can say about a lot of those in the media.

Man, now I've got an image in my head of Rush Limbaugh in a kilt! :confused: