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To: Brumar89 who wrote (670249)	8/30/2012 1:53:08 PM
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Rhode Island high school removes married couple from student's mural Portion of student's mural at Rhode Island high school painted over by school fearing it would offend some who do not come from traditional families. Credits: WPRO http://www.examiner.com/article/rhode-island-high-school-removes-married-couple-from-student-s-mural It's another case of political correctness gone wild. Liz Bierenday, an artistic 17-year-old student at Pilgrim High School in Warwick, Rhode Island, wanted to paint a mural showing a man's evolution from a child into adulthood. The last portion of the mural shows the man, married with a wife and a child, with wedding rings over their heads. But the school decided the last part of the mural was too controversial and painted that part of the mural over, despite being pre-approved by the school's vice principal. "Some members of the Pilgrim High School Community suggested that the depiction of a young man's development... as displayed may not represent the life experiences of many students at Pilgrim High School," Superintendent Peter Horoschak said in a statement. An article at MSN noted that "Bierenday illustrated the stages of a boy's life, from toddler to guitar-wielding teenager to graduation day," and completed it by showing the man in adulthood with a family. A post at WPRI noted: Bierenday says she thinks its her depiction of wedding rings that has stirred the controversy, and that some may feel the mural has religious undertones. She told Eyewitness News she is upset with the changes made to her design, but is willing to work with the school. Superintendent Horoschak, however, suggested her artistic ideas be respected and that she be allowed to finish the mural as she had originally visualized it, WPRI reported. Radio station WPRO added: According to the release, the assistant principal approached the Bierendy after the concern was raised from the school and “asked her to look at other ways to show the outcome of the subject’s progression to adulthood.” After thinking about it over the weekend, she decided to stand her ground and finish the mural as she originally planned, and school officials gave the go-ahead on Monday. “I’m going to paint what I originally had,” she told WPRO’s John DePetro Show. “I just figured I would just start what I finished because it was my original plan.” Howard Portnoy wrote at Hot Air: The incident provides a sobering cautionary tale of how corrosive the forces of political correctness have become in contemporary society. It seems never to have occurred to the school administration to tell the people with a problem about the mural that the problem was all theirs. According to the Boston Globe, School Committee Chairwoman Bethany Furtado said school officials should not have ordered the last part painted over.