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hahahaha...yes, it seems our ol' guvnuh has a loose tongue like Jesse "The Body" Ventura up north...although this article is wrong to an extent - most of our schools allow THE DiARY OF ANNE FRANK, the Metric system, and discussion of evolution...
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-R. E. Unplugged
The article is from Panini Mishap's CRACKER WATCH...
Alabama Guv: Boy Earrings is Queer!
by Peaches Formey
September 2001
ALABAMA - It's been awhile since we crossed that Mason-Dixon line for a Cracker Watch ... this time we're barreling through the backwoods of Alabama to receive the latest proclamation from Gov. Don Siegelman: that if God had wanted boys to wear earrings he would have made them girls.
The governor's remarks came (via 1947) in response to a question about a Hoover, Alabama, couple's challenge to the city school board's policy banning earrings on boys at school. Siegelman was asked about the issue at the end of a Birmingham news conference.
Minnesota doesn't have the only straight-talking governor in the Union: "I don't think guys ought to be wearing earrings," Siegelman said. "I think kids that put metal through their tongues are idiots." Parents should talk with their children about the consequences of their actions and about "how their image affects their ability to succeed in life," Siegelman said. Apparently, looking like a television evangelist gets you on the fast track.
"Parents ought to be there talking to their kids and saying, 'You know what kind of fool you look like with an earring? If God had wanted you to wear earrings, He'd have made you a girl.'" Mishap sources cannot confirm that he then proceeded to order all of the female reporters to leave the room and go bake a pie, beeyatch.
Hoover parents Scott and Dana Weaver disagree with Gov. Siegelman's prehistoric ramblings. They're fighting for the right of their 8-year-old son, Dustin, to attend Hoover's Trace Crossings Elementary wearing his earrings.
The Weavers have kept their son out of school for five days since school officials refused to admit the third-grader with his earrings on. Dustin joins the theory of evolution, the Diary of Anne Frank and the metric system as things Alabamans refuse to admit into their schools. The Weavers filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights last week protesting the schools' rule. The parents say the school is engaging in gender discrimination because girls can wear earrings but boys can't. It should be noted that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights was surprised Alabamans knew of its existence.
Hoover schools Superintendent Jack Farr and Trace Crossings Principal Dot Riley said they've gotten numerous calls, visits, faxes and e-mails from parents supporting the school board's policy. "We have not changed our rules and don't intend to," Farr said.
Dr. Riley said she got only one negative response from someone saying the ban on male earrings probably fit community norms when it was established but is now antiquated. Riley also didn't want to rush into anything so soon after the ban on blue jeans was lifted.
Hoover school officials have offered to provide Dustin books, assignments and a home tutor while the issue is being resolved. The Weavers are considering that and other options, such as enrolling Dustin at another school while their complaint is heard. Run for the border, Weavers!!!
Posting in the absence of jewelry, I am...
-R. E. Unplugged
The article is from Panini Mishap's CRACKER WATCH...
Alabama Guv: Boy Earrings is Queer!
by Peaches Formey
September 2001
ALABAMA - It's been awhile since we crossed that Mason-Dixon line for a Cracker Watch ... this time we're barreling through the backwoods of Alabama to receive the latest proclamation from Gov. Don Siegelman: that if God had wanted boys to wear earrings he would have made them girls.
The governor's remarks came (via 1947) in response to a question about a Hoover, Alabama, couple's challenge to the city school board's policy banning earrings on boys at school. Siegelman was asked about the issue at the end of a Birmingham news conference.
Minnesota doesn't have the only straight-talking governor in the Union: "I don't think guys ought to be wearing earrings," Siegelman said. "I think kids that put metal through their tongues are idiots." Parents should talk with their children about the consequences of their actions and about "how their image affects their ability to succeed in life," Siegelman said. Apparently, looking like a television evangelist gets you on the fast track.
"Parents ought to be there talking to their kids and saying, 'You know what kind of fool you look like with an earring? If God had wanted you to wear earrings, He'd have made you a girl.'" Mishap sources cannot confirm that he then proceeded to order all of the female reporters to leave the room and go bake a pie, beeyatch.
Hoover parents Scott and Dana Weaver disagree with Gov. Siegelman's prehistoric ramblings. They're fighting for the right of their 8-year-old son, Dustin, to attend Hoover's Trace Crossings Elementary wearing his earrings.
The Weavers have kept their son out of school for five days since school officials refused to admit the third-grader with his earrings on. Dustin joins the theory of evolution, the Diary of Anne Frank and the metric system as things Alabamans refuse to admit into their schools. The Weavers filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights last week protesting the schools' rule. The parents say the school is engaging in gender discrimination because girls can wear earrings but boys can't. It should be noted that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights was surprised Alabamans knew of its existence.
Hoover schools Superintendent Jack Farr and Trace Crossings Principal Dot Riley said they've gotten numerous calls, visits, faxes and e-mails from parents supporting the school board's policy. "We have not changed our rules and don't intend to," Farr said.
Dr. Riley said she got only one negative response from someone saying the ban on male earrings probably fit community norms when it was established but is now antiquated. Riley also didn't want to rush into anything so soon after the ban on blue jeans was lifted.
Hoover school officials have offered to provide Dustin books, assignments and a home tutor while the issue is being resolved. The Weavers are considering that and other options, such as enrolling Dustin at another school while their complaint is heard. Run for the border, Weavers!!!