Students Are Being Suspended Over Gun Shaped Pop Tarts, but THIS is Okay?

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Auburn School District in Washington State is facing intense criticism for a decision that some see as both dangerous and hypocritical. District officials have agreed to allow an elementary school boy of the Sikh faith to carry a dagger to school.

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The parents of the boy, who attends Auburn’s Gildo Rey Elementary, informed district officials that their child would be carrying a Kirpan, small sword or dagger, to school daily. The school did not object.
While it is argued that the Kirpan is a tradition of the Sikh faith and considered to be an instrument of social justice, one school volunteer argued that if it couldn’t pass through TSA at the airport, then it has no place at school.

The volunteer, identified only as Shelby, said, “”They can’t take that thing into the airport. TSA would be all over it. Why is a school any different?” She added that she would not be returning to the school as long as the knife was there.

Auburn Assistant Superintendent of Schools Ryan Foster said that this is not unusual and, in fact, many student and faculty who are of the Sikh faith have carried their Kirpans on campus for years. He said, “The knife can’t come out. It can’t be shown around. It needs to be underneath their clothing. That allows them to express their religion without jeopardizing anyone’s feeling of safety. If there are any problems, we will take it to the family, but we don’t expect any.”

The district maintains that exceptions to Washington’s “zero tolerance” policy for weapons are allowed under state and federal guidelines.

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Meanwhile, students across the country have faced suspension or some other type of reprimand for wearing t-shirts in support of the Second Amendment, or other similar shirts, because there was a gun on the shirt. Students have also faced punishment for chewing a pop tart into the shape of a gun. There have also been instances of students being told not to bring a bible to school.

The argument is made that this is a religious freedom issue, but others believe that it takes away from school safety. Washington State is currently one of the states that are suing Christians to force them to violate their religious beliefs. Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is a Democrat, is suing an elderly Christian florist because she would not make a floral arrangement for a homosexual wedding stating that it violated her religious beliefs and religious conscience.

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