Do your remember that story from a few weeks ago in which a boy was suspended for wearing a rosary around his neck? The school viewed as a gang symbol but the boy wore it becuase his brother died clutching it after a bicycle accident.
A judge has ordered Raymond Hosier reinstated pending a hearing into whether the suspension violated his civil rights.
The The American Center for Law and Justice came to Raymond’s defense and said:
The center took on the case for free, saying it was “deeply offensive” for the school district to call all rosary beads gang symbols. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Hosier and his mother, Chantell Hosier, against the Schenectady City School District and school officials, including the middle school’s principal.
A district spokeswoman did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment Tuesday.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare the school’s dress code and Hosier’s suspension unconstitutional. It requests a jury trial.
Hosier received a one-week suspension for refusing to take off his prayer beads or hide them under his shirt two weeks ago. Hosier, saying he won’t go to school without the rosary, was suspended again last week when he returned to school with it.
Judge Lawrence Kahn ordered Hosier reinstated pending the June 11 hearing.
June 4, 2010 at 3:48 am
Anonymous – I didn't belittlee ANYONE for not having a rosary in their carview mirror. That is ridiculous. What is equally ridiculous is claiming rosaries "are a distraction for most drivers". If you feel the car is "not the place for it" then so be it. But don't play rosary police with the rest of us.
June 4, 2010 at 2:42 pm
You didn't belittle anyone when you wrote: "anyone distracted by a rosary hanging from a car mirror, are mostly likely distracted by shiny objects and multi-syllabic words." And now we are called the "rosary police". No —you didn't belittle anyone, haha.
June 4, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Anon – you are proving not to be very smart. So, I'll explain this again; I didn't belittle anyone for their decision NOT to have a rosary in their car. I belittled your comment about them being distracting, when they absolutely are not. Once again, YOU may find them distracting, YOU may think them inappropriate, but YOU do not get to play rosary police.
Now, look at the shiney keys! See the shiney keys??? Yeah…you LIKE the shiney keyes…
June 4, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Early riser,
You don't sound like someone who prays the rosary and you have proved my point–you dangle it from your car mirror but don't pray it. Thank you, I rest my case.
Rosary Police
June 4, 2010 at 4:50 pm
ERiser,
Now go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
June 5, 2010 at 2:58 am
Anonymous – the only point you have proven is that you think yourself superior and arrogant when there is no basis for it. I and my family do pray the rosary. For you to make such a baseless accusation is…well…false witness. And it is still among the 10 commandments (remember those?)
I'm usually not one to engage in such a lengthy conversation with someone who is obviously emotionally challenged and too cowardly to use a monicker and hiding behind anonymity. So, I aknowledge my fault in this conversation. But it ends here.
June 5, 2010 at 7:27 am
I am not intending to through myself into the argument, but there is this: Having long/large items hanging from the rearview mirror is illegal in some US states and, as I recall, at least one Canadian province.
Incidentally, I was in a trendy store around Christmas and long mock-rosaries were being sold as necklaces. Some had crosses instead of crucifixes; most had too many "decades". But they didn't sell well because the kids who wear rosaries know that they can go to the Salvation Army and find plenty. And no, they aren't Catholic kids who are wearing them.
I just pray for them and, when I can, tell them a little about the Rosary.
June 5, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I have written my congressman to ask for a law to be passed telling us how and when to wear rosary beads and crucifixes. In addition, it seems prudent for a Rosary tax to be implemented. However, I also stated that symbols of muslims should be exempted and preferential treatment given to them so we don't offend. I am quite sure Obama will sign such a bill.
June 5, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Jbalconi – if something is ilegal, the point is moot. I certainly wouldn't picket city hall for my "right to hang a rosary in my car". It is simply a visible sign of my faith. I'm also "that guy who has that stuff on his forehead" in the office on ash Wednesday as well as two prayer cards of the immaculate hearts of Jesus and Mary in full view on my desk. That's just how I roll.
I'm wondering if those same states that outlaw objects hanging from one's carview mirror outlaw bumper-stickers too, because they are SUCH a distraction: they FORCE us to read them when we are driving behind the car in front of us. No matter how much I want to pay attention to the road and my environment around me, those bumper stickers are just so harmful! THEY'RE the reason I'm so distracted while driving (nothing to do with my ADD, bad driving skills, bad parenting skills, bad social skills, low intellect, alcoholic drinks beforehand etc). Nope, it's the bumper-stickers!
June 6, 2010 at 5:31 am
Interesting to see one point out a commandment and then to proceed to break it with name calling and false accusations. Hilarious! Thanks for the laughs.
Rosary Police.
June 7, 2010 at 1:01 am
Jesus is Lord not the Rosary +++
Father- Howard R.O.T.B. +++
June 8, 2010 at 8:40 pm
For those who don't know how to love the Lord Jesus,
it is a good way to pray the way his Mother, Mary told us,
with a rosary.
VCalvoP