Texas School Has No Right to Force Native American Boy to Cut Hair

By Americans United - June 26, 2009

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Officials at a Texas public school have no right to force a Native American elementary school student to cut his hair, which he wears long for religious reasons, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Americans United today filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting student Adriel Arocha and his family. The family is challenging a grooming policy at the Needville Independent School District that bans long hair for male students. “Public schools must never sponsor prayer ... Read the Full Article
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Texas School Has No Right to Force Native American Boy to Cut Hair
  • learnlogic
    Seriously?

    Has the country gone mad? Schools not allowing certain hair lengths? This is ludicrous. I'd really like to know what type of people are running these schools and enforcing such asinine rules. These types of people should have no business being responsible for the youth of the country.

    - learnlogicUS June 26, 2009 12:15PM

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    • quantummechanik
      It gets worse

      In Canada, they forcibly cut the kid's hair. Seriously, in class, a teacher grabbed the kid, some scissors, and went to town.

      - quantummechanikUS June 27, 2009 7:09PM

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