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To: mishedlo who wrote (33171)	12/20/2003 12:51:51 PM
From: Edscharp	Respond to of 89467

mishedlo, "Do you believe schools have the right to ban nazi symbols, gang symbols, gang colors? " Most definitely!! And, emphatically yes if groups bearing these symbols or activities have caused violence or there is a reasonable assumption that those symbols are intended to cause hate and fear. The school has an absolute right, indeed, an obligation; to keep their students safe from violence. Keep in mind that cross burnings, swastikas and gang colors have nothing to do with the free expression of religion. "If so, how does banning crosses differ? This is not an easy issue." Actually, it is an easy issue. Wearing a yarmulke, scarf or crucifix in a classroom is not the same as advocating violence nor a religious belief. It's a harmless symbolic act of faith and nothing more. I swear, sometimes I wonder who makes up these fake 'controversies'.